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====== Google Summer of Code 2008 ====== | ====== Google Summer of Code 2008 ====== | ||
- | [[http://etherboot.org/|Etherboot Project]] is participating in [[http://code.google.com/soc/2008|Google Summer of Code in 2008]]. Although the application period is now over, the [[soc:2008:ideas|list of project ideas]] is still available. | + | [[http://etherboot.org/|Etherboot Project]] is participating in [[http://code.google.com/soc/2008|Google Summer of Code in 2008]]. |
- | Participating students can find preparation instructions and meeting schedules on the [[soc:2008:info|info page]]. | + | Although the application period is now over, the **[[soc:2008:ideas|list of project ideas]]** is still available. |
- | ===== GSoC 2008 Sponsored Students ===== | + | Participating students can find preparation instructions and meeting schedules on the **[[soc:2008:info|info page]]**. |
- | Google is generously sponsoring 4 students to work on the following projects: | + | **[[.:#gsoc_2008_sponsored_students|GSoC 2008 Etherboot Project Students]]** |
- | ==== Michael Decker: Driver Development ==== | + | **[[.:#gsoc_2008_mentors|GSoC 2008 Etherboot Project Mentors]]** |
- | [[soc:2008:mdeck:|Project page]] | + | ===== GSoC 2008 Sponsored Students ===== |
+ | **Google has generously sponsored 4 students to work on the following projects:** | ||
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+ | ==== Michael Decker: Network Driver Development ==== | ||
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+ | {{:soc:2008:mdeck:mdeck2.jpg?150×165 |Michael Decker}} | ||
+ | **[[soc:2008:mdeck:|Michael's Project page]]** | ||
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Michael Decker is updating a legacy Etherboot driver to the [[dev:netdriverapi|gPXE API]] and porting a Linux driver to gPXE. | Michael Decker is updating a legacy Etherboot driver to the [[dev:netdriverapi|gPXE API]] and porting a Linux driver to gPXE. | ||
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==== Stefan Hajnoczi: GDB Remote Debugging ==== | ==== Stefan Hajnoczi: GDB Remote Debugging ==== | ||
- | [[soc:2008:stefanha:|Project page]] | + | ---- |
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+ | {{:soc:2008:stefanha:stefanha2.jpg?125 |Stefan Icon}} | ||
+ | **[[soc:2008:stefanha:|Stefan's Project page]]** | ||
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Stefan Hajnoczi is implementing remote debugging support in gPXE so developers can use the [[http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/|GNU Project Debugger (GDB)]] or any debugger which supports the GDB remote protocol. | Stefan Hajnoczi is implementing remote debugging support in gPXE so developers can use the [[http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/|GNU Project Debugger (GDB)]] or any debugger which supports the GDB remote protocol. | ||
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==== Balaji Rao: USB Support ==== | ==== Balaji Rao: USB Support ==== | ||
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+ | {{:soc:2008:balue_bw.png |Balaji Rao}} | ||
+ | ** [[soc:2008:balajirrao:|Balaji's Project page]]** | ||
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+ | Balaji Rao is implementing USB support so that network cards that are connected through the USB bus can be used by gPXE. | ||
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+ | ==== Daniel Verkamp: COMBOOT Support ==== | ||
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+ | {{:soc:2008:tube-icon.png |Daniel Verkamp's graphic}} | ||
+ | **[[soc:2008:dverkamp: |Daniel's Project page]]** | ||
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+ | Daniel Verkamp is implementing [[http://syslinux.zytor.com/comboot.php|SYSLINUX COMBOOT API]] support so that gPXE can run COMBOOT executables for features like menu user interfaces. | ||
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- | [[soc:2008:balajirrao:|Project page]] | + | ===== GSoC 2008 Mentors ===== |
- | Balaji Rao is implementing USB support so that network cards that are connected through the USB bus can be used by gPXE. | + | ==== Marty Connor: Project Leader, Etherboot Project ==== |
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+ | {{:soc:2008:mdc.jpg |Marty Connor}} | ||
+ | Marty Connor is Project Leader of the [[http://etherboot.org/|Etherboot Project]], a globally distributed team of developers and users of innovative network booting technology. He is the creator and maintainer of the [[http://rom-o-matic.net/|rom-o-matic.net]] website which dynamically generates custom gPXE and Etherboot network boot images. Mr. Connor is also CEO of Entity Cyber, Inc., a technology consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he has advised clients on technology matters for over 20 years. | ||
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- | ==== Daniel Verkamp: COMBOOT Support ==== | + | ==== Michael Brown: Lead Developer, Etherboot Project ==== |
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+ | {{:soc:2008:mcb30.png |Michael Brown}} | ||
+ | Michael Brown is the lead developer of the Etherboot Project (http://etherboot.org/) and is responsible for its evolution into gPXE, the current state of the art in network booting. He owns an open-source consultancy business, Fen Systems Ltd., and spends most of his time working on improvements to gPXE for customers across the world. He lives in Cambridge, England, and occasionally wonders what it would be like to have more than 64 kilobytes to play with. | ||
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- | [[soc:2008:dverkamp:|Project page]] | + | ==== H. Peter Anvin: Senior Kernel Engineer, rPath, Inc. ==== |
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+ | {{:soc:2008:hpa.jpg |H. Peter Anvin}} | ||
+ | H. Peter Anvin has been hacking Linux since 1992. He is the author and maintainer of the [[http://syslinux.zytor.com|SYSLINUX]] suite of bootloaders, part of the Linux kernel x86 architecture maintainer team, and author or maintainer of a large number of Open Source projects, including the Netwide Assembler, klibc and tftp-hpa. | ||
- | Daniel Verkamp is implementing [[http://syslinux.zytor.com/comboot.php|SYSLINUX COMBOOT API]] support so that gPXE can run COMBOOT executables for features like menu user interfaces. | + | He is the founder and president of the Linux Kernel Organization, operators of [[http://kernel.org|kernel.org]], the Linux kernel website. He lives in San Jose, California, and works for rPath, Inc. |
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