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| ===== Information for Students ===== | ===== Information for Students ===== | ||
| - | Thank you for your interest in our project. Here are some links to resources you may find helpful. | + | Thank you for your interest in our project. In this section you will find resources you may find helpful when searching for a projects and when writing a proposal. |
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| + | If you are interested in working with us, we would strongly recommend that you join the [[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/etherboot-discuss|Etherboot-Discuss]] mailing list and introduce yourself. The mailing list is a good place to ask questions about potential projects and to receive advice. | ||
| ==== Google Summer of Code Links ==== | ==== Google Summer of Code Links ==== | ||
| * Main page: [[http://code.google.com/soc/]] | * Main page: [[http://code.google.com/soc/]] | ||
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| * Student FAQ: [[http://code.google.com/soc/studentfaq.html]] | * Student FAQ: [[http://code.google.com/soc/studentfaq.html]] | ||
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| * Student Application: [[http://code.google.com/soc/student_step1.html]] | * Student Application: [[http://code.google.com/soc/student_step1.html]] | ||
| ==== Etherboot Project Links ==== | ==== Etherboot Project Links ==== | ||
| - | * Main page: [[http://etherboot.org/]] | + | * Project Home Page: [[http://etherboot.org/]] |
| * SourceForge Project Page: [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/etherboot/]] | * SourceForge Project Page: [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/etherboot/]] | ||
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| + | ==== Etherboot Mailing List Links ==== | ||
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| + | * Etherboot-Discuss Maling List Archives: [[http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=etherboot-discuss]] | ||
| + | * Etherboot-Discuss Maling List Subscription Page: [[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/etherboot-discuss]] | ||
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| + | ==== Example Student Applications ==== | ||
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| + | Here are some examples of Student Applications from previous Google Summer of Code projects. These are just to give some idea of what sorts of information is interesting in proposals. | ||
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| + | * http://summerofcode.xwiki.com/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ExampleApplications | ||
| + | * http://inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/SOC_Accepted_Proposals | ||
| ===== Mentors ===== | ===== Mentors ===== | ||
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| ==== Device Driver Related Ideas ==== | ==== Device Driver Related Ideas ==== | ||
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| + | These projects would be coded primarily in C, and would require hardware (a suitable computer and Ethernet/NIC card) to do testing. In the case of network drivers, existing drivers and Linux kernel drivers are available as starting points. Data sheets are also generally available for most NIC variations, though such documentation is sometimes unreliable. | ||
| * Add a device driver for an unsupported network card to Etherboot/gPXE. This will require understanding the network card driver API for gPXE, and implementing the required routines to enable an Ethernet card to be controlled by gPXE. | * Add a device driver for an unsupported network card to Etherboot/gPXE. This will require understanding the network card driver API for gPXE, and implementing the required routines to enable an Ethernet card to be controlled by gPXE. | ||
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| * Implement an UNDI network device driver for Linux. This would enable Linux to boot from any PXE stack (including gPXE), and would greatly improve the ease of use of network-booted Linux. | * Implement an UNDI network device driver for Linux. This would enable Linux to boot from any PXE stack (including gPXE), and would greatly improve the ease of use of network-booted Linux. | ||
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| + | * Rewrite the Etherboot NIC database at [[http://etherboot.org/db/]] to make it more useful for testing Etherboot releases and getting feedback from users. Improve user interface, create better voting/polling mechanism. The database is written in using PHP and MySQL. | ||
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