From 4c28ccd0dc71d91f1a0f098a74add8701515c3a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arthur Heymans Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:06:42 +0100 Subject: Docs/project_ideas.md: Add a memtest libpayload based payload Change-Id: Iebdb75b99e18fe92aa4c801769532781edf44d9a Signed-off-by: Arthur Heymans Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/36747 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) Reviewed-by: Paul Menzel Reviewed-by: Patrick Georgi --- Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md b/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md index 8271ea91f0..2c621f410d 100644 --- a/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md +++ b/Documentation/contributing/project_ideas.md @@ -166,3 +166,21 @@ This is a research-heavy project. ### Mentors * Ron Minnich + +## Libpayload based memtest payload +[Memtest86+](https://www.memtest.org/) has some limitations: first and +foremost it only works on x86, while it can print to serial console the +GUI only works in legacy VGA mode. + +This project would involve porting the memtest suite to libpayload and +build a payload around it. + +### Requirements +* coreboot knowledge: Should know how to build coreboot images and + include payloads. +* other knowledge: Knowledge on how dram works is a plus. +* hardware requirements: Initial work can happen on qemu targets, + being able to test on coreboot supported hardware is a plus. + +### Mentors +* TODO -- cgit v1.2.3