Google Summer of Code 2018¶

Replicant intends to apply to GSoC 2018 as part of the FSF umbrella. This page lists suggested projects for GSoC students. This list is a draft!

Advance the Optimus Black U-Boot and Linux mainline ports¶

(Project description: TODO.)

Difficulty: TODO

Requirements/Prerequisites: TODO

Expected Outcomes/Deliverables: TODO

Possible Mentors: Paul (confirmed)

Advance the Kindle Fire first generation U-Boot and Linux mainline ports¶

(Project description: TODO.)

Difficulty: TODO

Requirements/Prerequisites: TODO

Expected Outcomes/Deliverables: TODO

Possible Mentors: Paul (confirmed)

Access Point mode for RepWifi¶

RepWifi is Replicant's app for using an external USB WiFi adapter. RepWifi is useful for Replicant because there exist USB WiFi adapters with free firmware, while the built-in WiFi chipsets in mobile phones do not have free firmware. Right now, RepWifi doesn't support acting as an access point (e.g. for WiFi tethering purposes); you can help by adding this functionality to RepWifi.

Difficulty: Easy to Medium

Requirements/Prerequisites: TODO

Expected Outcomes/Deliverables: TODO

Possible Mentors: Fil?

Port Replicant to a newer LineageOS version¶

(Project description: TODO.)

Difficulty: TODO

Requirements/Prerequisites: TODO

Expected Outcomes/Deliverables: TODO

Possible Mentors: Wolfgang?

OS Updater¶

(Project description: TODO.)

Difficulty: Medium to Hard

Requirements/Prerequisites: TODO

Expected Outcomes/Deliverables: TODO

Possible Mentors: Wolfgang?

Implement a fully-featured QMI-RIL¶

(Project description: TODO.)

Difficulty: TODO

Requirements/Prerequisites: TODO

Expected Outcomes/Deliverables: TODO

Possible Mentors: Wolfgang?

Implement the missing features of Samsung-RIL¶

Samsung-RIL is the RIL (Radio Interface Layer) that many Replicant devices use to communicate with the modem. It is a free, reverse-engineered replacement for the proprietary RIL that the Samsung phones ship with by default (which has been found to have backdoors). Right now, Samsung-RIL mostly implements only the protocol features that are absolutely necessary for the phone to be operable. As a result, many more rarely used protocol features are unimplemented, which decreases functionality compared to the proprietary RIL. You can help by implementing the missing features of Samsung-RIL.

Difficulty: TODO

Requirements/Prerequisites: TODO

Expected Outcomes/Deliverables: TODO

Possible Mentors: Wolfgang?

Debug metallic sound in many 3G calls¶

(Project description: TODO)

Difficulty: TODO

Requirements/Prerequisites: TODO

Expected Outcomes/Deliverables: TODO

Possible Mentors: TODO

Optimize power consumption in external WiFi adapter firmware¶

(Project description: TODO)

Difficulty: TODO

Requirements/Prerequisites: TODO

Expected Outcomes/Deliverables: TODO

Possible Mentors: TODO

Projects mentored by other organizations¶

llvmpipe ARM optimizations¶

(Project description: TODO; can probably be adapted from https://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/GraphicsResearch#llvmpipe .)

Difficulty: TODO

Requirements/Prerequisites: TODO

Expected Outcomes/Deliverables: TODO

Mesa would probably be a good organization for mentoring this project. If interested in working on this project, please propose it to Mesa. (We're happy to help.)