Hi everyone! I'm Amaan, and I'll be working on the RTEMS BSP and port for the x86_64 architecture, with the aim of dropping support for legacy features which have proved hard to maintain for the Intel x86 (i386) architecture - the specifics of this process will likely depend on how complete a replacement the x86_64 port is in comparison to the i386 one, but here are some of the features I'm aiming for during the course of this summer:
- Support for UEFI - Minimal APIC support - Context-switching - Console driver to allow the use of serial ports - Little to no ACPI support (since little will be required to get the port functional - may be added if it's relatively low-effort) The specifics of my project plan can be found in my proposal[1] - I highly appreciate all feedback you may be able to offer! If you're using the existing i386 BSPs, I'd also be interested to know your target use-case and which features you think are key for your application. If you'd like to keep up with the status of the project, you'll likely hear about more updates on the de...@rtems.org mailing list, and slightly more rarely on my blog[2]. There's a wiki page for the project too[3], which will act as a rolling status and eventually documentation for the project. Let me know if any of you have any ideas or feedback! Feel free to clarify anything that you find unclear or misguided. :) Cheers! [1] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X79Yj0DNqvaDFqpJMUX4gF3WC550GDvVDS5QufvAnFE/edit# [2] https://blog.whatthedude.com/ [3] https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC/2018/x86_64_BSP _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@rtems.org http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/users
