On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Salman Javaid <javaid.sal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Steven, this USB 3 [0] device driver implementation seems to be an > interesting project. Is this something you will be interested in? > > [0] http://www.plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/TODO/index.html
That's going to be a bit much to chew off for a student project. USB is a non-trivial mess of pain and frustration, even for the experienced. If someone is getting started with driver work, the most successful path will likely be implementing a simple part (even if it's an old one). Ethernet and UARTs come to mind - they tend to be the simplest. I think at one point there was a call out to get GPIO working on the Raspberry Pi - that would be a good summer project if it hasn't been done already. GPIO can be a lot of fun, especially if you have a couple of protoboards laying around. Anyhow, when it comes to GSoC it's far more important to focus on attainable goals - it's a lot more fun for the student (and the mentor) when something working comes out at the end. HTH, Steve
