On 14/04/2020 15:40, Joel Sherrill wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 1:47 AM Christian Mauderer > <christian.maude...@embedded-brains.de > <mailto:christian.maude...@embedded-brains.de>> wrote: > > Hello Joel, > > On 07/04/2020 22:44, Joel Sherrill wrote: > > Hi > > > > The RTEMS Project is rapidly approaching a major milestone -- the 25th > > anniversary of the oldest commit in the git repository! That > occurs on 4 > > May 2020! > > > > Before that time, the source code was managed on an internal research > > project repository and snapshots/releases made available via ftp. > I know > > I started with the project in July 1989 and was coding nearly from the > > first day. > > > > With this in mind, > the https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/History/Timeline is > > sorely out of date and lacking missing entries. Multiple mission > > launches, addition of SMP, GSoC, GCI, and SOCIC participation, move to > > OSU OSL, incorporation of RTEMS Foundation, scientific > discoveries like > > the particle discovered by an Atlas detector at CERN or the famous > gamma > > ray burst from Fermi. All are missing. > > > > Please pitch in and help. If you want to help but don't have any > ideas, > > just post back and I will try to follow up with ideas that someone > else > > can put a date on. > > > > Thanks. > > > > --joel > > I added some small stuff (start of SMP work, main work, release numbers) > based on the git history (see > > https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/History/Timeline?action=diff&version=27&old_version=25). > > > Thanks! That's a good set of information. > > > Although I'm terribly bad with dates: You said you would try to follow > up with ideas. If you have any where I might could help, please let > me know. > > > How about these (random and before coffee/tea) > > + Any cool non-space programs folks can admit to? > + First submission from some core developers. > - Chris was second submitter and is in the 91-92 timeframe. We don't > remember. > - Thomas first shows up in git in March 1998. > - Sebastian gets a nod in July 2008. :) > + When were some ports added? > + When were some interesting/popular BSPs added: Zyng, Leon3, gba, etc > - FWIW the original PC BSP was based on DJ Delorie's go32 and pre-dates > the git history. I did that on a single PC (486 with 32 MB RAM). I > couldn't run > X11 and compile at the same time. I had to reboot to test. Yes it > was uphill > both ways back in those days. :) > + When were some of the original ports/BSPs removed? > - mvme135/136 was first BSP > - i386 was second port > - i960 was last of original 3 ports > + Interesting features? Like libnetworking, libbsd, shell, dynamic loading? > + The Cygnus floppy mailing: > https://ftp.rtems.org/pub/rtems/people/joel/CygnusFloppyAugust1995/ > > This may be good as a small tasks ticket where people cross things off > as they get added.
I added a ticket here: https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/3952 > > It is amazing how much this has prodded my memory. :) > > --joel > > > > Best regards > > Christian > -- > -------------------------------------------- > embedded brains GmbH > Herr Christian Mauderer > Dornierstr. 4 > D-82178 Puchheim > Germany > email: christian.maude...@embedded-brains.de > <mailto:christian.maude...@embedded-brains.de> > Phone: +49-89-18 94 741 - 18 > Fax: +49-89-18 94 741 - 08 > PGP: Public key available on request. > > Diese Nachricht ist keine geschäftliche Mitteilung im Sinne des EHUG. > -- -------------------------------------------- embedded brains GmbH Herr Christian Mauderer Dornierstr. 4 D-82178 Puchheim Germany email: christian.maude...@embedded-brains.de Phone: +49-89-18 94 741 - 18 Fax: +49-89-18 94 741 - 08 PGP: Public key available on request. Diese Nachricht ist keine geschäftliche Mitteilung im Sinne des EHUG. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@rtems.org http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
