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====== Google Summer of Code 2008 ======

[[http://etherboot.org/|Etherboot Project]] is participating in [[http://code.google.com/soc|Google Summer of Code]] in 2008.  Although the application period is now over, the [[soc:2008:ideas|list of project ideas]] is still available.  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:

===== Michael Decker: Driver Development Proposal =====
[[soc:2008:mdeck|Project page]]

Michael Decker is updating a legacy Etherboot driver to the [[dev:netdriverapi|gPXE API]] and porting a Linux driver to gPXE.

===== Stefan Hajnoczi: GDB Remote Debugging =====
[[soc:2008:stefanha|Project page]]

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.

===== Balaji Rao: Implementing USB Support =====
[[soc:2008:balajirrao|Project page]]

Balaji Rao is implementing USB support so that network cards that are connected through the USB bus can be used by gPXE.

===== Daniel Verkamp: COMBOOT support for gPXE =====
[[soc:2008:dverkamp|Project page]]

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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