GSoC 2015 Introduction - Condition Variables (CV)

Mon Mar 23 22:04:23 UTC 2015

Hello!

I have submitted a improved version of my proposal, to reflect feedback
given by mentors!  I'll list below what I have changed:

   1. The proposed SuperCore API changed, now uses call-outs, as discussed
   on IRC today.
   2. Timeline is more detailed, broken in chunks of roughly two weeks. (1
   week is more detailed, but 2 weeks is, imho, more accurate)
   3.  Added fixed deliverables.
   4. Described method of reporting progress as my personal blog/website

Any feedback is appreciated!

Thank you for taking the time to read it as well as help me out on IRC!

Regards,
Andrei

2015-03-17 0:01 GMT+02:00 Andrei - Constantin Popescu <
popescu.andrei1991 at gmail.com>:

> Hello!
>
> I have finished finished a preliminary draft of my proposal, you can check
> it out here
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/16EBmWcQw9YccUycofJIlwF98p21PQPq-EJXupes-K80/edit>
> . I ll be uploading it on melange tomorrow as well !
>
> Thanks for taking the time to go through it !
>
> Regards,
> Andrei
>
> 2015-03-11 15:35 GMT+02:00 Andrei - Constantin Popescu <
> popescu.andrei1991 at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> As stated here <https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC/GettingStarted> I have
>> installed RSB, rtems and compiled the modified Hello, world ! test
>>
>> The  patch is attached to this mail and you can find the snapshot here
>> <http://i.imgur.com/25Hi0pn.jpg>. Next, I'm going to do some research
>> about what condition variable imply in general and how do they work. If you
>> have any suggestions on where should I research or if there are any
>> tasks(at Rtems) I could complete complementary to this project, please let
>> me know.
>>
>> Also, thank you! The support on IRC has been great !
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andrei
>>
>> 2015-03-11 12:03 GMT+02:00 Andrei - Constantin Popescu <
>> popescu.andrei1991 at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> As stated here <https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC/GettingStarted> I
>>> have installed RSB, rtems and compile the modified Hello, world ! test
>>>
>>> The proofs are attached to this mail. Next, I'm going to do some
>>> research about what condition variable imply in general and how do they
>>> work. If you have any suggestions on where should I research or if there
>>> are any tasks(at Rtems) I could complete complementary to this project,
>>> please let me know.
>>>
>>> Also, thank you! The support on IRC has been great !
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Andrei
>>>
>>> 2015-03-09 13:54 GMT+02:00 Andrei - Constantin Popescu <
>>> popescu.andrei1991 at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Hello!
>>>>
>>>> As discussed with Sebastian Huber on IRC , is there someone else
>>>> able/willing to mentor this project or should I look for a different one ?
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Andrei
>>>>
>>>> 2015-03-09 8:51 GMT+02:00 Andrei - Constantin Popescu <
>>>> popescu.andrei1991 at gmail.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm Andrei(Andrei - Constantin Popescu, more exactly),  a Computer
>>>>> Science graduate at Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania. I will
>>>>> begin my Masters' degree at Vrije University, Amsterdam this fall. During
>>>>> the undergraduate studies, I pursued a high diversity in computer science
>>>>> skills, from web development, to kernel development. I  took part in GSoC
>>>>> 2012 and GSoC 2014, both with BRL-CAD. You can find both the devlogs and my
>>>>> 2014 proposal here <http://brlcad.org/wiki/User:Popescu.andrei1991> .
>>>>> Aside of that, I've also participated with them as  a Google Code-in mentor
>>>>> for the past three years, so you can say I like open source, specially the
>>>>> freedom to scratch your own itch.
>>>>>
>>>>> I was browsing for a project and I came across RTEMS ideas page and
>>>>> then RTEMS on Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTEMS>soon
>>>>> after.  I'm interested in Operating Systems of any kind, since they're
>>>>> complex software products on which so many other applications rely on, so I
>>>>> decided to have a look. Another factor that contributed to my decision that
>>>>> I would like to code at RTEMS for GSoC 2015 was that my background is
>>>>> helpful in this aspect. I've been a kernel developer intern for about 8
>>>>> months at Freescale and I'm currently employed as a C++ software engineer
>>>>> to a company producting VoIP software which runs on a RT system.
>>>>>
>>>>> The project I decided on is Condition Variables
>>>>> <https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/Developer/Projects/Open/Condition_Variables>,
>>>>> I have at least a general idea about how monitors and condition variables
>>>>> work and since RTEMS is a single process, multithreaded system, my
>>>>> understanding is that it's an useful/important feature. Unfortunately, the Resources
>>>>> URL is broken, but I'll be on IRC most of the time, probably asking
>>>>> lots of silly questions! I'll (try to) get RTEMS built as soon as
>>>>> possible.  If you have any suggestions, or tasks  you believe would help me
>>>>> better understand this project please tell.
>>>>>
>>>>> This project, as well as my( probably not entirely correct)
>>>>> understanding of RTEMS concepts look interesting, I'm excited to be here
>>>>> and can't wait to build RTEMS to see how it is/how it works. I'm also
>>>>> curious, on a high level, how RTEMS differs from linux kernel. I hope I'll
>>>>> be able to tackle this project and complete it succesfully  as it's my
>>>>> first "close encounter" with a purposely designed rt os!
>>>>>
>>>>> Silly question #1, could you tell me a few products that use/rely on
>>>>> RTEMS? I tried googling for it but was unsuccesful.  Thank you!
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Andrei
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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