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Latest revision as of 20:13, 20 January 2017

You probably came here trying to find a small (minutes to hours) and easy task where you can get your hands dirty and get results immediately.

If you're a coreboot or flashrom newbie, this page is for you.

coreboot

Formatting and whitespace cleanup

We try to maintain the code in the Development_Guidelines#Coding_Style Linux style, but occasionally white-space and other formatting issues find their way into the project. Formatting and white-space changes should be done in small groups as a separate patch from code changes. Be careful running indent/lindent. The results are not always the right thing to do and require review.

Run 'util/lint/lint-007-checkpatch' to see a list of issues that need to be addressed. Note that these should probably be addressed in groups - Handle a group of LEADING_SPACE issues or SPACING issues together.

Adding copyright headers to all files

We want to have copyright headers on all .c, .h, and .asl files (and maybe others as well, but if we had them in all of these files, that would be great.) The list of files that don't have headers can be seen by running the util/lint/lint-000-license-headers script from the coreboot directory. To add a header to the file, you need to verify the origin of the file, so you should run a git log on it. There may also already be information at the top of the file about what kind of license should be used. If the file is original to coreboot, it should get the standard coreboot license header. If it has some other license, the appropriate header should be added.

Run 'util/lint/lint-000-license-headers' to see a list of files that still need headers.

Payloads

coreboot can use a number of different payloads.

Add/test new supported payloads

Test syslinux (probably requires SeaBIOS in addition, needs to be checked).

flashrom

The flashrom tool can read/write coreboot/BIOS images from/to flash chips.

See flashrom's Easy Projects list for details.

Other

Add support for using coreboot in VirtualBox.

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 If you're a coreboot or flashrom newbie, this page is for you.
-=[[flashrom]]=
+== coreboot ==
-A tool to read/write coreboot/BIOS images from/to flash chips.
-==Add the bus type to flash chip definitions==
+=== Formatting and whitespace cleanup ===
-Go through the list of flash chips in flashchips.c inside the flashrom source. Look for chip definitions which have .bustype = CHIP_BUSTYPE_NONSPI and look at their data sheets. Read the data sheets and try to figure out the flash bus they use (Parallel/LPC/FWH/SPI). Change the bustype field to CHIP_BUSTYPE_PARALLEL etc. and post a patch to the list.
-Even a single updated chip helps.
+We try to maintain the code in the [[Development_Guidelines#Coding_Style Linux style]], but occasionally white-space and other formatting issues find their way into the project. Formatting and white-space changes should be done in small groups as a separate patch from code changes. Be careful running indent/lindent. The results are not always the right thing to do and require review.
-=coreboot=
+Run 'util/lint/lint-007-checkpatch' to see a list of issues that need to be addressed.  Note that these should probably be addressed in groups - Handle a group of LEADING_SPACE issues or SPACING issues together.
-I'll skip explaining what coreboot is. The whole wiki is about this topic and I can't summarize it in one sentence.
-==coreboot v2==
+=== Adding copyright headers to all files ===
-The workhorse version of coreboot. Lots of supported boards, but difficult to work with.
-TODO: Add easy tasks here.
+We want to have copyright headers on all .c, .h, and .asl files (and maybe others as well, but if we had them in all of these files, that would be great.)  The list of files that don't have headers can be seen by running the util/lint/lint-000-license-headers script from the coreboot directory.  To add a header to the file, you need to verify the origin of the file, so you should run a git log on it.  There may also already be information at the top of the file about what kind of license should be used.  If the file is original to coreboot, it should get the standard coreboot license header.  If it has some other license, the appropriate header should be added.
-==coreboot v3==
+Run 'util/lint/lint-000-license-headers' to see a list of files that still need headers.
-The next generation version of coreboot. Few supported boards, still in the design testing phase, easy to work with.
-TODO: Add easy tasks here.
+== Payloads ==
+coreboot can use a number of different [[Payloads|payloads]].
+=== Add/test new supported payloads ===
+* Test syslinux (probably requires [[SeaBIOS]] in addition, needs to be checked).
+== flashrom ==
+The [http://www.flashrom.org flashrom] tool can read/write coreboot/BIOS images from/to flash chips.
+* See [http://flashrom.org/Easy_projects flashrom's Easy Projects] list for details.
+== Other ==
+* Add [http://tracker.coreboot.org/trac/coreboot/ticket/95 support for using coreboot in VirtualBox].