README: Add OpenBMC goals section
Based on the user guide
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@ozlabs.org>
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- [kernel-development.md](kernel-development.md): Reference for common
kernel development tasks
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+OpenBMC Goals
+-------------
+
+The OpenBMC project's aim is to create a highly extensible framework for BMC
+software and implement for data-center computer systems.
+
+We have a few high-level objectives:
+
+ * The OpenBMC framework must be extensible, easily to learn, and usable in a
+ variety of programming languages.
+
+ * Provide a REST API for external management, and allow for "pluggable"
+ interfaces for other types of management interactions.
+
+ * Provide a remote host console, accessible over the network
+
+ * Persist network configuration settable from REST interface and host
+
+ * Provide a robust solution for RTC management, exposed to the host.
+
+ * Compatible with host firmware implementations for basic IPMI communication
+ between host and BMC
+
+ * Provide a flexible and hierarchical inventory tracking component
+
+ * Maintain a sensor database and track thresholds