PI STATUS

Tue Mar 28 16:50:37 UTC 2017

Hi ,

I am on the verge of completing my proposal for GSoC'17 on Raspberry Pi
Improvements .
Any feedback on the proposal is highly appreciated.
Link to the Proposal :
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12IvZZJaonk4Angjdj6Mtb0I1ykYE50mBou6vWu9LJXU/edit?usp=sharing

Warm Regards ,
Sagar Gupta
Phone: +91-8368838304

On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 7:51 PM, Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 4:59 PM, Sagar Gupta
> <sagarguptamonu1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Gedare
> >
> > I was looking at the ticket #2733(Related to your SPI issues) and
> potential
> > project for GSoc 2017 for Raspberry Pi
> > the one I find interesting is "Convert the existing SPI support to the
> new
> > Linux SPI API and test with SPI devices".
> >
> > I have gone through the wordpress bolg(https://asuolgsoc2014.
> wordpress.com/)
> > of André Marques to understand the SPI API developed by him as a part of
> > GSoc 14,15 . I am going through his code which he commited in RTEMS
> > repository in GitHub
> > (https://github.com/RTEMS/rtems/commit/61e7c698a44137afbc1447ed328b14
> a0d9e55016)
> >
> > I have also gone through blog post of  Mudit
> > Jain(http://rtemsgsoc2016-mudit.blogspot.in/) also i have gone through
> code
> > which he commited in RTEMS repository in GitHub
> > (https://github.com/RTEMS/rtems/commit/48704cdebdd40391c5ca8d8020e5a7
> 7edff37677).
> >
> > I have also read about how to port drivers from FreeBSD to Rtems/libBSD
> as
> > posted by Ragunath in his blog post
> > (http://ragustechblog.blogspot.in/2015/06/porting-
> driver-from-freebsd-to-rtems.html)
> > .
> >
> > I have also read the Alan Blog
> > post(http://alanstechnotes.blogspot.in/2013/04/setting-
> up-rtems-development.html)
> > on how to compile GCC and RTEMS for arms and I am trying to get that
> running
> > on my system . I will share the results as soon as I finish with the
> > community.
> >
> Alan's blog post may be outdated by now.
>
> >
> > For the project the API which is refered to is that André Marques
> developed
> > ?
> > What is the new Linux here been refered to?
> The Linux API is defined under cpukit/dev
>
> > Can you please tell me the basic structue of what is to be implemented as
> > the part for this project.
> >
> I don't know which  BSP already implements one, but you can probably
> search for an include of  dev/spi.h in the libbsp to figure that out.
>
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 6:17 PM, Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 12:24 PM, Alan Cudmore <alan.cudmore at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi everyone,
> >> > This is how far I was able to get when trying to run libBSD on the
> Pi. I
> >> > will give you a better idea of where to start.
> >> > https://lists.rtems.org/pipermail/devel/2016-September/016092.html
> >> > Since then, the libbsd version has been updated in RTEMS, so it may
> need
> >> > some work to get it to compile again.
> >> >
> >> > Here is a general status as I understand it:
> >> > RTEMS ( without bsdlib ) works on the original Pi model B, Pi A+, Pi
> B+,
> >> > Pi
> >> > Zero, and the Pi 2.
> >> > SMP works on the Pi 2.
> >> >
> >> > RTEMS does not work on the Pi 3 yet, The UART that the current BSPs
> use
> >> > as a
> >> > console is now used by the Bluetooth.
> >> > So a new UART driver has to be written for the "mini-uart" that serves
> >> > as
> >> > the console on the Pi3.
> >> > I believe the same applies to the new Raspberry Pi Zero W, which has
> the
> >> > same Bluetooth wireless stack.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > We have been working on I2C, SPI, and GPIO support.
> >> > I2C has been converted to the new linux user API, but SPI has not.
> >> > GPIO and I2C work, but I have not been able to get my SPI devices to
> >> > work.
> >> >
> >> > So potential Raspberry Pi work includes:
> >> > Convert the existing SPI support to the new Linux SPI API and test
> with
> >> > SPI
> >> > devices
> >> > Continue to work on the LibBSD support
> >> > Support the Pi Zero W ( and potentially the Pi 3 ) by creating a new
> >> > uart
> >> > driver
> >> > Support Pi 3 SMP ( along with the UART )
> >> >
> >> > Even more advanced work could include:
> >> > Support the Wifi and bluetooth in LibBSD for the Pi Zero W and/or Pi
> 3.
> >> >
> >> > Gedare, I know this should probably be on the GSOC wiki, right  ?
> >> >
> >>
> >> I added to the relevant open project ticket:
> >> https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/2899
> >>
> >> Related to your SPI issues may be: https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/2733
> >>
> >> > Alan
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 7:49 AM, Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hello Sagar Gupta,
> >> >>
> >> >> The best place to start is with the previous GSoC effort that focused
> >> >> on Raspberry PI. This was last year's project
> >> >> https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GSoC/2016/USB%26EthernetRaspberryPi
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 2:21 AM, Sagar Gupta
> >> >> <sagarguptamonu1996 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi ,
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I have done a course on Operating Systems at undergraduate level.
> >> >> > I am specifically interested in development of drivers for
> operating
> >> >> > systems
> >> >> > which work on hardware such as the Raspberry Pi.
> >> >> > Can I get to know what are the potential projects for Raspberry pi
> in
> >> >> > GSoc'17 ?
> >> >> > also can you guide me to such threads, projects, documentation
> which
> >> >> > could
> >> >> > be be helpful for the same.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Warm Regards,
> >> >> > Sagar Gupta
> >> >> > Phone : +91 8686146518
> >> >> > Computer Science Student
> >> >> > BITS Pilani , Hyderabad Campus
> >> >> >
> >> >> > _______________________________________________
> >> >> > devel mailing list
> >> >> > devel at rtems.org
> >> >> > http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.rtems.org/pipermail/devel/attachments/20170328/a9b2054f/attachment-0002.html>