[RTEMS Project] #3855: BSP Buildset for EPICS

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#3855: BSP Buildset for EPICS
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  Reporter:  Gedare Bloom  |      Owner:  Gedare Bloom
      Type:  project       |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Indefinite
 Component:  tool/rsb      |    Version:
  Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:  SoC,testing,ecosystem
Blocked By:                |   Blocking:
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 = BSP Buildset for EPICS =

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 == Mentors ==
 Gedare Bloom, Chris Johns

 == Students ==

 TBD.

 == Status ==

 Looking for funding/motivated students.


 = Introduction =

 The [https://epics-controls.org/ EPICS] project uses RTEMS. EPICS version
 3.15 uses RTEMS-4.10. EPICS version 7 is intended to use RTEMS version 5.
 Compiling and using EPICS 3.15 with RTEMS-4.10 is relatively
 straightforward. The compilation of current RTEMS master with EPICS 7 is
 more difficult, and currently only works for some (expensive) hardware
 targets. The goal of this project is to create RTEMS Source Builder
 packages for compiling EPICS together with RTEMS that can be run on a
 simulator. To achieve this end, an RTEMS-5/EPICS-7 build that can run on a
 simulated target needs to be completed.

 = Goal =

 To create a vertically integrated BSP Build Set capable of creating a
 bootable BSP image with EPICS7+RTEMS5 that can run in a simulator.

 A secondary goal could be to provide build set support for
 RTEMS-4.10+EPICS3.15. However, the RSB master branch does not currently
 support RTEMS-4.10, and the 4.10 branch does not currently support BSP
 Build Sets.

 = Prerequisites =

 * Ability to read/write Python programs with OOP.
 * Ability to read/write C programs (pointer-based data structures).


 = Resources =

 * https://epics.anl.gov/base/RTEMS/tutorial/tutorial.html

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