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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/26/2013 10:40 PM, Gedare Bloom
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      <p>Adding on:<br>
        * is there gcc support for the cpu already?<br>
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    Yes .. but not in FSF gcc source. There is a separate sourceforge<br>
    project for it.<br>
    <br>
    Ditto for gdb.<br>
    <br>
    binutils builds.<br>
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        * is there license compatible code available for the hw
        especially helpful is boot and console code. This is not a
        blocker but can help get going easier.<br>
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    This is a small architecture and a port would probably want to<br>
    use the msp430 C library. I didn't look at the license.<br>
    <br>
    It appears to be divided into a "portable" and CPU model part.<br>
    Figuring out how to handle this in a general way would be required.<br>
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        * is there any free simulator that we can use to test your code
        on?<br>
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    I came across one in Java which appears GUI heavy and didn't look<br>
    to be updated in 5 years. I saw another but the links died.<br>
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        * are there quirks with the arch that might make a port hard?</p>
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    Small like the avr.  C library gets tailored to microcontroller
    model.<br>
    <br>
    Cynthia's work to use avr-libc, disable POSIX etc. and use Classic
    API <br>
    only would be beneficial<br>
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      <p>Some of the issues to consider. No gcc or simulator may be
        blockers.</p>
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    My initial impression is that even though RedHat did the port, it is<br>
    in an unmerged and possibly out-dated state.<br>
    <br>
    If someone wants to dig through source and find out who did the<br>
    work, I can contact them about what happened. But at this point,<br>
    those independently maintaining it would have to have FSF
    assignments<br>
    and want to do the work to get it merged.<br>
    <br>
    --joel<br>
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      <div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 26, 2013 11:27 PM, "Gedare Bloom"
        <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:gedare@rtems.org">gedare@rtems.org</a>>
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          <p>Then this might be too much for a gsoc project, but you can
            certainly propose it... definitely there is enough work, but
            the risk is whether you can achieve the goals in time.</p>
          <div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 26, 2013 9:33 PM, "Joel
            Sherrill" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:Joel.Sherrill@oarcorp.com" target="_blank">Joel.Sherrill@oarcorp.com</a>>
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                <pre style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;word-wrap:break-word">MSP430 is not a currently supported architecture. So a whole port is required.

Should also have a libre simulator bsp

Gedare Bloom <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:gedare@rtems.org" target="_blank">gedare@rtems.org</a>> wrote:

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                  <p>Is the MCU supported in rtems or do you need to
                    port it? Is it just a bsp or is the cpu also new for
                    rtems?</p>
                  <p>In general a new bsp is an ok project, and coupling
                    it with something else like a GPS processing library
                    might make a good project.<br>
                    -Gedare</p>
                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 26, 2013 4:06 PM,
                    "Namrata Kamte" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="mailto:namrata.kamte@gmail.com"
                      target="_blank">namrata.kamte@gmail.com</a>>
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                          <div style="font-size:13px;font-family:Tahoma">Hello,
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                            <div>Thank you so much for the prompt
                              response. I have gone through the Start up
                              guide for the participating students and I
                              can see that writing the proposal is quite
                              a rigorous process in this case.</div>
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                                style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Hence,
                                I would like to pitch my project idea to
                                you in a couple sentences. It is a
                                humble request to you to tell me if this
                                idea is eligible for a proposal or if it
                                is completely off the topic:</div>
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                                style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><b>We,
                                  at the Satellite Technology
                                  Laboratory, are working on Chip-scale
                                  satellites.</b></div>
                              <div
                                style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><b>At
                                  this juncture, we have a TI CC430
                                  Microcontroller that I need to program
                                  so that it can actively communicate
                                  with the ground station i.e. send
                                  encoded data and be decoded/filtered
                                  at the ground station. We have a USRP
                                  at the Lab to be our ground station
                                  for testing purposes. </b></div>
                              <div
                                style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><b>I
                                  need to write the code that will
                                  enable the CC430 to receive data from
                                  the GPS chip, process it and send it
                                  down to the ground station.</b></div>
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                                style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Please
                                let me know if the idea is worth writing
                                a proposal for. </div>
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                                style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Please
                                feel free to be honest. Any kind of
                                suggestion/criticism is welcome.</div>
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                                style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Thanks
                                and regards,</div>
                              <div
                                style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Namrata
                                Kamte</div>
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                                Technology Laboratory</div>
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                                style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">The
                                University of Texas at Arlington.</div>
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                        <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at
                          2:05 PM, Gedare Bloom <span dir="ltr">
                            <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                              target="_blank">gedare@rtems.org</a>></span>
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                            I will also chime in. There is one week left
                            for the deadline for<br>
                            students to submit proposals, but your
                            project has a MUCH higher<br>
                            chance to be accepted if you get the
                            proposal up early for reviewing<br>
                            and resubmitting. You can update your
                            proposal as many times as you<br>
                            like until the deadline.<br>
                            -Gedare<br>
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                            On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Joel
                            Sherrill<br>
                            <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="mailto:joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com"
                              target="_blank">joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com</a>>
                            wrote:<br>
                            > Hi<br>
                            ><br>
                            > Gedare reminded a student today that no
                            matter how much<br>
                            > you talk to us or share a fabulous
                            proposal via Google Docs,<br>
                            > you have to be registered with Google
                            to be considered.<br>
                            ><br>
                            > <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013"
                              target="_blank">
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013</a><br>
                            ><br>
                            > Sign up. Put a version of your proposal
                            there with a link to<br>
                            > the Google Doc at the top.<br>
                            ><br>
                            > --<br>
                            > Joel Sherrill, Ph.D.            
                             Director of Research & Development<br>
                            > <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com">joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com</a>        
                            On-Line Applications Research<br>
                            > Ask me about RTEMS: a free RTOS  
                            Huntsville AL 35805<br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
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