Re: GSoC Student Introduction

Kayla,

Welcome to this special and beloved operating system for which every day I
enjoy so much because it is still an old fashion style and easy to
tinkerbore even for those like me,I don't have a lot of coding skills.

On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
wrote:

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> , Kayla P writes:
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> > Hello,
> >
> > My name is Kayla (Kat) Powell. I am one of the GSoC Students selected for
> > this summer and wanted to introduce myself and my project.
> >
> > I am going into my senior year at San Francisco State University studying
> > computer science (big surprise!). Some of my hobbies include drawing,
> > music, and video games. But, in particular, I have a passion for
> operating
> > systems that started back in my freshman year when I ditched Windows for
> a
> > weekend-long Gentoo Linux install---an experience that sparked my
> interest
> > in system internals and OS hacking. Since then, I=E2=80=99ve developed a
> tr=
> > ue
> > appreciation for not only the simplicity and engineering of UNIX systems,
> > but also its collaborative nature that offers a rich fountain of growth
> and
> > knowledge, uniting people from all walks of life.
> >
> > This interest led me to FreeBSD. It is at the heart of BSD UNIX and has a
> > great permissive license. Its many use cases with an approachable
> > contributor base has intertwined it into my life in many ways, such as my
> > NAS, website backend, and learning source. If you were at the recent
> > FreeBSD summit in November, you probably saw my boyfriend and me sitting
> in
> > the back absorbing all the amazing information. Now, in this whirlwind of
> > events, I have been gratefully accepted as a GSoC Student under imp@,
> where
> > I=E2=80=99ve taken several of his =E2=80=9Ccrazy=E2=80=9D ideas and tied
> th=
> > em into one project:
> > ACPI Initialization in Loader with Lua Bindings.
> >
> > Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is Intel=E2=80=99s
> power
> > management specification. It revolutionized power management by bringing
> it
> > into the operating system, rather than the BIOS. As it stands right now,
> it
> > is in the FreeBSD kernel, which is great, and most of it can stay there.
> > But, we specifically need to bring ACPI=E2=80=99s initialization
> routines i=
> > nto the
> > loader, so we can (1) relieve the bootloader of having to guess ACPI
> > information and (2) integrate it into the Lua interpreter. The outcome of
> > this project will be the enumeration of the ACPI namespace into Lua
> > bindings so we can ultimately script ACPI. The goal is to not only
> address
> > the former inefficiencies, but to provide easier power management to all
> > FreeBSD users, whether it be for embedded systems, servers, or desktop
> > users.
> >
> > I am really excited to contribute to this project with imp@. I have high
> > respect for him (and for the FreeBSD space in general), and I am
> extremely
> > grateful to be here. If anyone has any knowledge/input on my project
> space,
> > please don=E2=80=99t hesitate to reach out. I look forward to meeting
> every=
> > one!
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Kat Powell
>
> Welcome to the byte factory.
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>
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-- 
Mario.