Hi,
I am keen on working on the project "ARM 64 developer environment based on Ubuntu Core for DragonBoard™ 410c" with Linaro for GSOC-2016 as a student.
In the announcement made by Canonical at the below link -
http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/24/canonical-to-offer-powerful-arm-64-bit...
this project aligns to the initiative. I would request potential mentors to guide me for the same.
More details about the project below -
=== ARM 64 developer environment based on Ubuntu Core for DragonBoard™ 410c === * 'Mentors: NOT CONFIRMED * Description: DragonBoard™ 410c by Arrow Electronics, features the 64-bit Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 410 quad-core processor. This project aims to produce ARM-based 64-bit images for Ubuntu Core by incorporating the Dragonboard BSP(linker script (linkcmds), GCC customization script (e.g. bsp_specs), and startup code) into Ubuntu Core build system directly.
* Desirable skills: C, BSP, Board Bringup
* Goal/Deliverable: This will be the very first ARM-based 64-bit development board and SoC available for Ubuntu Core, offering makers and Internet of Things (IoT) innovators an affordable, powerful yet flexible development environment, which can scale from ARM-based servers to embedded solutions. This offering builds on the DragonBoard 410c positioning as a standardised development board for the ARM ecosystem and reference platform for Ubuntu Core on ARM 64-bit. This means that future updates of the OS will be available for the DragonBoard 410c, making a stable development environment.
Regards, Saket Sinha