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diff --git a/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md b/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md index 1c23cc6bc7..2e43871149 100644 --- a/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md +++ b/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md @@ -91,3 +91,22 @@ would help to ensure code quality and make the runtime code more robust. ### Mentors * Werner Zeh <werner.zeh@gmx.net> + +## Port payloads to ARM, AArch64, MIPS or RISC-V +While we have a rather big set of payloads for x86 based platforms, all other +architectures are rather limited. Improve the situation by porting a payload +to one of the platforms, for example GRUB2, U-Boot (the UI part), Tianocore, +yabits, FILO, or Linux-as-Payload. + +Since this is a bit of a catch-all idea, an application to GSoC should pick a +combination of payload and architecture to support. + +### Requirements +* coreboot knowledge: Should know the general boot flow in coreboot +* other knowledge: It helps to be familiar with the architecture you want to + work on. +* hardware requirements: Much of this can be done in QEMU or other emulators, + but the ability to test on real hardware is a plus. + +### Mentors +* Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org> for U-Boot payload projects |