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| author | Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz> | 2019-11-11 14:06:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> | 2020-02-28 10:42:57 +0000 |
| commit | 4c28ccd0dc71d91f1a0f098a74add8701515c3a1 (patch) | |
| tree | 7d530a1edc9e60d12d3e03bba2eaae43991b90ac /Documentation/contributing | |
| parent | 084233bbb64a1ecfb255fb6ecb25451a5f16c2e6 (diff) | |
Docs/project_ideas.md: Add a memtest libpayload based payload
Change-Id: Iebdb75b99e18fe92aa4c801769532781edf44d9a
Signed-off-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/36747
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net>
Reviewed-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md b/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md index 8271ea91f0..2c621f410d 100644 --- a/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md +++ b/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md @@ -166,3 +166,21 @@ This is a research-heavy project. ### Mentors * Ron Minnich <rminnich@google.com> + +## Libpayload based memtest payload +[Memtest86+](https://www.memtest.org/) has some limitations: first and +foremost it only works on x86, while it can print to serial console the +GUI only works in legacy VGA mode. + +This project would involve porting the memtest suite to libpayload and +build a payload around it. + +### Requirements +* coreboot knowledge: Should know how to build coreboot images and + include payloads. +* other knowledge: Knowledge on how dram works is a plus. +* hardware requirements: Initial work can happen on qemu targets, + being able to test on coreboot supported hardware is a plus. + +### Mentors +* TODO |