GSOC 2015 Monkey HTTP Server

[Sujay Raj]

BSP: pc386 simulated on QEMU

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Gedare Bloom <gedare at gwu.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Sujay Raj <sujayraaj at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well I started writing the first draft of the project proposal ( which
>> I shall hopefully finish by tonight, Its 9 PM here ).
>>
>> I am making "porting the Monkey web server to RTEMS as well as a
>> partial reorganization of the network stacks present in RTEMS to make
>> it more modular", as the primary deliverable of this project.
>>
>> From what it appears, porting Monkey can be done in about a month + a
>> week for any delays. The development environment is already set up and
>> I am tweaking around with the code. So, by the mid-term evaluation I
>> expect to get monkey working on RTEMS (without enough time for
>> debugging).
>>
> What RTEMS target/BSP do you intend to use?
>
>> For the second part, that is, getting the network stack of choice
>> built from RSB for the applications to be built against, I am a bit
>> apprehensive about the time limit. This task, at the first glance
>> doesn't appear that difficult, but it might be. So the second half (
>> till the final evaluation ) will involve getting the network stacks in
>> a separate build + a separate package for network tests + debugging.
>>
> I think there is a lot of complexity here.
>
>> I think debugging and testing will be a major part of the project.
>>
> Always.
>
>> I was thinking along the lines, that the second part of the project
>> should be done first, but as Joel pointed out, the first step should
>> be monkey getting ported as a package.
>>
> I agree with Joel. The second part is harder to scope. It will be much
> better for you to have a solid task and deliverable (port Monkey) for
> the first-half.
>
>> kindly point out any comments/suggestions.
>>
> Be sure you identify when and where you plan to submit code. We like
> to see code pushed into RTEMS, and into upstream projects if needed,
> throughout the summer, not just at the end.
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 6:27 AM, Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org> wrote:
>>> On 20/03/2015 2:57 am, Eduardo Silva wrote:
>>>>
>>>> if there are some application for that project and some accepted
>>>> student, I would be glad to sign as a mentor to cover Monkey specifics.
>>>> Note: we will need a second mentor to cover RTEMS specifics,
>>>
>>>
>>> I can help, after all you and I have talked about the work to be done
>>> before.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
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