[pkg-fso-maint] GSoC 2011 - project ideas?

[Thibaut Girka]

Le mardi 15 mars 2011 à 12:55 +0100, Steffen Möller a écrit :
> > As a quick sum up, with my modified code, d-i can run and install Debian on the FR. Some of this code is now in d-i, but some parts (the gta02 target itself, kernel things, and the uboot-env thing) are not.
> > I've dropped kernel upstreaming for now, but I've started an on-screen keyboard project so that g-i could be used on the FR or any other touchscreen-only device.
> > I've not really know much on the GTA04, but I suspect kernel upstreaming would be easier as things like the glamo chip have been removed.
> >   
> Could you possibly mentor something? You certainly have a good overview
> on what would be feasible to aim at. D-i has recently moved towards git,
> so maybe this could help us in some way.

Right now, I'm not that motivated to mentor something, although I can
still change my mind.
Anyway, here are some things I think are needed, or would be a real
improvement:

* Upstream glamo stuff (priority is glamo-core and glamo-mci), although
I don't know if it's worth the pain, as the GTA02 is, and will be the
sole user of the glamo chipset

* Touchscreen support in d-i (calibration and virtual keyboard).

* MTD support in d-i. (Afaik, Per has worked on it two years ago, I
don't know if it's still work in progress, if everything is merged,
etc.)

* Speed up the installation process. My last installation (using g-i) on
the FR took several hours. That's insanely long, there should be ways to
improve it.