Rating System - Revision history

Ward: /* Introduction */

2008-08-21T16:12:51Z

‎Introduction

2008-08-21T16:12:20Z

2008-08-21T16:01:40Z

add blurb about vendor participation

2008-08-21T15:23:24Z

removing vendor participation as a formal scoring category - it's too nebulous and we don't want to scare off new vendors (part 2)

2008-08-21T15:22:48Z

‎Adding it all up: removing vendor participation as a formal scoring category - it's too nebulous and we don't want to scare off new vendors (part 1)

2008-08-21T15:01:57Z

‎Example and support code

2008-08-21T13:55:15Z

‎Documentation: typo

2008-08-20T16:33:21Z

‎Example and support code: add option

2008-08-20T16:08:11Z

‎Criteria: fix wording

2008-08-20T00:07:34Z

‎Adding it all up

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 * Availability of documentation (nothing/NDA restricted == 0, NDA but free to publish code == 3, online with click through == 7, public URL == 10)
 ** There should be multiple categories of documentation (register set, BIOS programming guide, errata, schematics or pinouts (for motherboards))
 * "Hackability"
 ** LPC header, JTAG header, BIOS socket, etc.
 ** Should we dock a board because it requires soldering or a difficult process for flashing coreboot?
 * ...
 As we list boards, we should also make it clear if a board is actually available for purchase. A board might get a high rating, but be unavailable for purchase, in which case it should be carefully marked as such. Board availability will change over a board's lifespan.

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 * Availability of example and support code
 ** ACPI tables
 * "Hackability"
 ** LPC header, JTAG header, BIOS socket, etc.

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 | 92-114 || [[Image:five-hares.png]]
 |}
 = Example Board =

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 |-
 |  0 || No JTAG header.
 |}

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 = Adding it all up =
-The four categories above give us a scale with a maximum of 124 points. That means boards can get a score from zero to five 'hares':
+The three categories above give us a scale with a maximum of 114 points. We devide that range up in 5 bands, meaning that boards can get a score from zero to five 'hares':
 {| border="1"
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 | 0 || [[Image:zero-hares.png]]
 |-
-| 1-24 || [[Image:one-hare.png]]
+| 1-22 || [[Image:one-hare.png]]
 |-
-| 25-49 || [[Image:two-hares.png]]
+| 23-45 || [[Image:two-hares.png]]
 |-
-| 50-74 || [[Image:three-hares.png]]
+| 46-68 || [[Image:three-hares.png]]
 |-
-| 75-99 || [[Image:four-hares.png]]
+| 69-91 || [[Image:four-hares.png]]
 |-
-| 100-124 || [[Image:five-hares.png]]
+| 92-114 || [[Image:five-hares.png]]
 |}

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 |  7 || Code is freely available under a free software license.  It can be downloaded on the web after agreeing to a click-through license.
 |-
-|  7 || Provides code via e-mail, no NDA/license agreement required.
+|  7 || Vendor provides code via e-mail, no NDA/license agreement required.
 |-
 |  3 || Code is restricted and only available under Non Disclosure Agreement, however the NDA allows source code written using the sample code to be freely available under a free software license.

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 |  3 || Documentation is restricted and only available under Non Disclosure Agreement, however the NDA allows source code written with the documentation to be freely available under the GPL (or another Free Software license).
 |-
-|  0 || Documentation is not available or the NDA does now allow release of code.
+|  0 || Documentation is not available or the NDA does not allow release of code.
 |}

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 = Criteria =
-When all the criteria have been evaluated, each platform will end up with a total score.  To assign "stars" to the platform, we will divide the number of scored points by the number of maximum possible points and multiply that with the number of maximum stars (probably 5) and round down to the nearest half star.
+When all the criteria have been evaluated, each platform will end up with a total score.  To assign "hares" to the platform, we will divide the number of scored points by the number of maximum possible points and multiply that with the number of maximum hares (probably 5) and round down to the nearest half hare (bunny?).
 == Documentation ==