[GSOC] Unified APIs Project

[Rempel, Cynthia]

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>From: rtems-devel-bounces at rtems.org [rtems-devel-bounces at rtems.org] on behalf of Matt Wette [mwette at alumni.caltech.edu]
>Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 5:28 PM
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>Subject: Re: [GSOC] Unified APIs Project
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>Is there any interest in a "syscall" API that would allow future expansion into supporting "protected regions" of code?

Thank you for taking an interest in the Unified API project!

We could make adding a "syscall" API another open project on:
http://www.rtems.org/wiki/index.php/Open_Projects

We would probably want to concentrate on well-used, properly licensed for deeply embedded applications, syscall API (such as syscalls.master from BSD.)
 
>>On Jun 3, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Vipul Nayyar wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>Being accepted into GSOC with RTEMS is very exciting. This has been possible due to the constant support of Joel & Cynthia. A special >>thanks to Gedare for an in depth criticization of my proposal, which helped me improve it.
>>
>>I'll be working this summer on the 'Unified APIs' Project. The main task required for this project is to ensure that in areas where BSP
>>support capabilities and APIs have evolved over the years, all the code there is moved to the latest version and any older 
>>implementations and inconsistencies across targets and BSPs are killed. The various components of this project are :
>>
>>  *   Generalize the PIC interrupt support in sparc to support any other simple vectored architecture.
>>  *   Spot discrepancies in file usage in various BSPs with PCI support.
>>  *   Review/Cleanup header files, which are publicly installed by different BSPs , since this is the area having the most variation in coding style.
>>  *   Unify naming styles, used for the same files in different BSPs, so as to have consistent file names for the same supporting capability.
>>My full length proposal can be found at http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2013/vipulnayyar/1 , and >>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oDp4E9_Wof4wBJaMJJIFoPqtu5fbTdsKwEcz-5qkazw/edit?usp=sharing
>>As suggested by my mentor, I believe community input would act as an integral part of my work. So, I'm looking forward enthusiastically to working with you guys.
>>Hoping for a great Summer !!!
>>Regards
>>Vipul Nayyar