Thanks, I will check it out. On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 12:56 AM Gedare Bloom <ged...@rtems.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 12:45 PM Utkarsh Rai <utkarsh.ra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Based on your feedback, adding memory protection or enhancing Wi-fi > Support in libbsd are two projects that I would like to work upon. > > > > For MMU support I think a lot unmerged PowerPC code is already present, > but since I would be using BBB I would only be able to use that as a > reference. Is it feasible to start it from scratch? > > > The state-of-the-art has advanced in the rtems.git tree since these > projects happened, and it is not all documented. The ARM in particular > generally uses a static initialization or boot-time initialization of > the MMU. You should study how the ARM approach works in the RTEMS > main repo, and consider whether that approach can be adopted by other > architectures/BSPs, how to improve that approach, and how to build > higher-level services on top of the low-level BSP support that exists. > > One of the main interesting applications is to provide thread stack > protection. > > > For Wi-Fi support, I would require an RTL8188 USB dongle along with JTAG > for debugging purposes. I am not quite sure about how to handle the > 'hot-plugging' case in this project it would be very helpful if someone > could point me in the right direction. > > > I can't speak to the WiFi support, maybe others know. But to get > started you would need to at least demonstrate that you have the > necessary hardware to succeed and that you can at a minimum boot/run > BBB with libbsd, and probably we should like you to show that you can > generate patches for libbsd. > > Gedare > > > > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 1:21 AM Gedare Bloom <ged...@rtems.org> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 9:42 AM Utkarsh Rai <utkarsh.ra...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello everyone, > >> > >> Hello Utkarsh Rai, > >> > >>> > >>> I would like to contribute to the Beagleboard BSP project, in > particular towards the improvement of the peripheral support. I have a few > questions pertaining to the same:- > >>> > >>> 1. Is adding support for Ethernet and USB a reasonable goal for the > duration of the GSOC? > >>> > >>> 2. FreeBSD has support for Ethernet and USB can we port that to > libbsd? > >>> > >>> 3. What are the deliverables for this project, for instance, would I > be required to add shell support for these peripherals or maybe an example > app? > >>> > >>> I have also attached a screenshot of the changed 'hello world' > program along with this email > >> > >> Thanks. It is nice to see that you already ran it successfully on the > BBB. > >> > >> As of now, the BBB has quite mature support including Ethernet and USB. > There is another student actively working on a proposal to expand our BBB > support a bit further. I'm not certain if there is sufficient > work/interest/mentoring available to support multiple BBB projects. You > might consider what specific projects would interest you though. You should > take a look at past years' GSoC projects documented on our wiki, they are > linked from our main 'GSoC' page. > >> > >> There are also lots of interesting projects that can be done in a > BSP-agnostic way, but still could be valuable to test with the BBB. The > most important aspect about doing development with a BBB is that you can > use the JTAG, which requires some soldering and additional effort to work > with a standalone JTAG debugger. If you don't have that, and want to work > with the BBB, it is highly recommended. > >> > >> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> devel mailing list > >>> devel@rtems.org > >>> http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/devel >
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