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| * Allow gPXE to run as a user-mode application under Linux. Obviously network card drivers would be difficult to test in this environment, but most other parts of gPXE could be run in an environment with built-in memory protection and useful tools like ''valgrind'' easily available. The cleanest way to do this would be to create another x86 "platform", alongside the existing PC-BIOS and EFI, that performs low-level Linux system calls to perform platform-specific operations. A Linux kernel module could be used to enable DMA for testing network card drivers. The prospective implementor would need a fair amount of low-level Linux kernel experience. | * Allow gPXE to run as a user-mode application under Linux. Obviously network card drivers would be difficult to test in this environment, but most other parts of gPXE could be run in an environment with built-in memory protection and useful tools like ''valgrind'' easily available. The cleanest way to do this would be to create another x86 "platform", alongside the existing PC-BIOS and EFI, that performs low-level Linux system calls to perform platform-specific operations. A Linux kernel module could be used to enable DMA for testing network card drivers. The prospective implementor would need a fair amount of low-level Linux kernel experience. | ||
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| - | ==== R.O.M. - Rom-O-Matic ==== | ||
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| - | :-/ Rom-O-Matic is the web / graphical fronted to creating Etherboot & gPXE roms, there are several things that need to be worked on within the code base to make it better & more user friendly | ||
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| - | * Updating and merging of the new configuration file reading code originally done by John 'Warthog9' Hawley | ||
| - | * Updating configuration files to include, inline, syntax information hints for things like R.O.M. | ||
| - | * Trivial ROM creation based on relative place in gPXE source tree | ||
| - | * User Interface clean-ups | ||
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| - | Knowledge of gPXE building & configuration, ability to read and understand C and programing in PHP are required. | ||
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| * Access to IRC (Internet Relay Chat), so that you can talk to us. | * Access to IRC (Internet Relay Chat), so that you can talk to us. | ||
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| + | * We use git for source code management, so you will need to learn to create and manipulate your own git repository. | ||
| + | * [[:git-usage|Using git for gPXE development]] | ||
| Depending on the project idea that you choose, you may also need: | Depending on the project idea that you choose, you may also need: | ||
