Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:08:57 -0500 From: Ron McDowell <rcm@fuzzwad.org> To: Erik Sallmann <erik.sallmann@stud.fh-regensburg.de> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Google Summer of Code Message-ID: <4D991A29.40609@fuzzwad.org> In-Reply-To: <1301858565.4d98c902b7663@webmail.uni-regensburg.de> References: <1301858565.4d98c902b7663@webmail.uni-regensburg.de>
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Erik Sallmann wrote: > Hi, > I posted this already on embedded@. I hope I can find someone who can > give me some advice on this list. > I'm a student at the University of Applied Sciences in Regensburg, > Germany. I'm studying computer engineering and would like to > participate in gsoc2011. > I'm especially interested in your embedded project of creating a "NAND > Flash driver support". Originally, I wanted to apply at the NetBSD > Project and suggest to port it to a new plattform (SheevaPlug). But as > I've seen there's already a lot of code in the CVS and as it's not > possible to run any of the BSDs from flash, I would like to apply for > this project. It would still be a necessary contribution to the efforts > of porting them to the SheevaPlug. > I would like to discuss this Project in my diploma thesis. > So what i need to know is whether it's still an undone task and whether > it would be enough work to cover it in a thesis. And as I've already > written to "imp" and he told me that he doesn't have time this year, i > would be very grateful if someone could be my mentor. :-) > > Kind regards > > Erik > Hi Erik, I'm afraid I wouldn't be much of a mentor but I will be cheering from the sidelines and happy to beta anything you come up with. This would be a big plus for all the BSDs. I have an original Sheeva that I had a tftp+nfs version of FreeBSD running on, that's available for testing. As soon as I find it again, that is...now which drawer did I stuff that thing in... :) -- Ron McDowell San Antonio TX
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