Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 01:38:01 +0200 From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> Cc: Kayla P <witchikittikat@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GSoC Student Introduction Message-ID: <CA%2B1FSii-WsHWcF23_yR4vGtkbhGjQDqwYQb=h6LsBJozFp191Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20250514233103.B8ECF34F@slippy.cwsent.com> References: <CAGM6q9iA9opvT%2Bz=9Csro-7-u2KvOfD7rGfCWQGN28ACrAxVXw@mail.gmail.com> <20250514233103.B8ECF34F@slippy.cwsent.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Kayla, Welcome to this special and beloved operating system for which every day I enjoy so much because it is still an old fashion style and easy to tinkerbore even for those like me,I don't have a lot of coding skills. On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> wrote: > In message > <CAGM6q9iA9opvT+z=9Csro-7-u2KvOfD7rGfCWQGN28ACrAxVXw@mail.gmail.c > om> > , Kayla P writes: > > --000000000000bfc9be06351b9bfb > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > Hello, > > > > My name is Kayla (Kat) Powell. I am one of the GSoC Students selected for > > this summer and wanted to introduce myself and my project. > > > > I am going into my senior year at San Francisco State University studying > > computer science (big surprise!). Some of my hobbies include drawing, > > music, and video games. But, in particular, I have a passion for > operating > > systems that started back in my freshman year when I ditched Windows for > a > > weekend-long Gentoo Linux install---an experience that sparked my > interest > > in system internals and OS hacking. Since then, I=E2=80=99ve developed a > tr= > > ue > > appreciation for not only the simplicity and engineering of UNIX systems, > > but also its collaborative nature that offers a rich fountain of growth > and > > knowledge, uniting people from all walks of life. > > > > This interest led me to FreeBSD. It is at the heart of BSD UNIX and has a > > great permissive license. Its many use cases with an approachable > > contributor base has intertwined it into my life in many ways, such as my > > NAS, website backend, and learning source. If you were at the recent > > FreeBSD summit in November, you probably saw my boyfriend and me sitting > in > > the back absorbing all the amazing information. Now, in this whirlwind of > > events, I have been gratefully accepted as a GSoC Student under imp@, > where > > I=E2=80=99ve taken several of his =E2=80=9Ccrazy=E2=80=9D ideas and tied > th= > > em into one project: > > ACPI Initialization in Loader with Lua Bindings. > > > > Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is Intel=E2=80=99s > power > > management specification. It revolutionized power management by bringing > it > > into the operating system, rather than the BIOS. As it stands right now, > it > > is in the FreeBSD kernel, which is great, and most of it can stay there. > > But, we specifically need to bring ACPI=E2=80=99s initialization > routines i= > > nto the > > loader, so we can (1) relieve the bootloader of having to guess ACPI > > information and (2) integrate it into the Lua interpreter. The outcome of > > this project will be the enumeration of the ACPI namespace into Lua > > bindings so we can ultimately script ACPI. The goal is to not only > address > > the former inefficiencies, but to provide easier power management to all > > FreeBSD users, whether it be for embedded systems, servers, or desktop > > users. > > > > I am really excited to contribute to this project with imp@. I have high > > respect for him (and for the FreeBSD space in general), and I am > extremely > > grateful to be here. If anyone has any knowledge/input on my project > space, > > please don=E2=80=99t hesitate to reach out. I look forward to meeting > every= > > one! > > > > Kind regards, > > Kat Powell > > Welcome to the byte factory. > > > -- > Cheers, > Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> > FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: https://FreeBSD.org > NTP: <cy@nwtime.org> Web: https://nwtime.org > > e^(i*pi)+1=0 > > > > -- Mario. [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div>Kayla,</div><div><br></div><div>Welcome to this special and beloved operating system for which every day I enjoy so much because it is still an old fashion style and easy to tinkerbore even for those like me,I don't have a lot of coding skills. <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 1:31 AM Cy Schubert <<a href="mailto:Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com" target="_blank">Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">In message <CAGM6q9iA9opvT+z=9Csro-7-u2KvOfD7rGfCWQGN28ACrAxVXw@mail.gmail.c<br> om><br> , Kayla P writes:<br> > --000000000000bfc9be06351b9bfb<br> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"<br> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<br> ><br> > Hello,<br> ><br> > My name is Kayla (Kat) Powell. I am one of the GSoC Students selected for<br> > this summer and wanted to introduce myself and my project.<br> ><br> > I am going into my senior year at San Francisco State University studying<br> > computer science (big surprise!). Some of my hobbies include drawing,<br> > music, and video games. But, in particular, I have a passion for operating<br> > systems that started back in my freshman year when I ditched Windows for a<br> > weekend-long Gentoo Linux install---an experience that sparked my interest<br> > in system internals and OS hacking. Since then, I=E2=80=99ve developed a tr=<br> > ue<br> > appreciation for not only the simplicity and engineering of UNIX systems,<br> > but also its collaborative nature that offers a rich fountain of growth and<br> > knowledge, uniting people from all walks of life.<br> ><br> > This interest led me to FreeBSD. It is at the heart of BSD UNIX and has a<br> > great permissive license. Its many use cases with an approachable<br> > contributor base has intertwined it into my life in many ways, such as my<br> > NAS, website backend, and learning source. If you were at the recent<br> > FreeBSD summit in November, you probably saw my boyfriend and me sitting in<br> > the back absorbing all the amazing information. Now, in this whirlwind of<br> > events, I have been gratefully accepted as a GSoC Student under imp@, where<br> > I=E2=80=99ve taken several of his =E2=80=9Ccrazy=E2=80=9D ideas and tied th=<br> > em into one project:<br> > ACPI Initialization in Loader with Lua Bindings.<br> ><br> > Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is Intel=E2=80=99s power<br> > management specification. It revolutionized power management by bringing it<br> > into the operating system, rather than the BIOS. As it stands right now, it<br> > is in the FreeBSD kernel, which is great, and most of it can stay there.<br> > But, we specifically need to bring ACPI=E2=80=99s initialization routines i=<br> > nto the<br> > loader, so we can (1) relieve the bootloader of having to guess ACPI<br> > information and (2) integrate it into the Lua interpreter. The outcome of<br> > this project will be the enumeration of the ACPI namespace into Lua<br> > bindings so we can ultimately script ACPI. The goal is to not only address<br> > the former inefficiencies, but to provide easier power management to all<br> > FreeBSD users, whether it be for embedded systems, servers, or desktop<br> > users.<br> ><br> > I am really excited to contribute to this project with imp@. I have high<br> > respect for him (and for the FreeBSD space in general), and I am extremely<br> > grateful to be here. If anyone has any knowledge/input on my project space,<br> > please don=E2=80=99t hesitate to reach out. I look forward to meeting every=<br> > one!<br> ><br> > Kind regards,<br> > Kat Powell<br> <br> Welcome to the byte factory.<br> <br> <br> -- <br> Cheers,<br> Cy Schubert <<a href="mailto:Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com" target="_blank">Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com</a>><br> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: <a href="https://FreeBSD.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://FreeBSD.org</a><br>; NTP: <<a href="mailto:cy@nwtime.org" target="_blank">cy@nwtime.org</a>> Web: <a href="https://nwtime.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://nwtime.org</a><br>; <br> e^(i*pi)+1=0<br> <br> <br> <br> </blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Mario.<br></div>home | help
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