Query related to PRU drivers of BeagleBone Black

[Nils Hölscher]

Hi,


On Sun, 15 Dec 2019 at 15:45, Christian Mauderer <list at c-mauderer.de> wrote:

> Hello Utkarsh Rai,
>
> I haven't followed the project tightly. So I can't tell much regarding 2
> and 3. I added Nils (who did the GSoC 2019 project) to CC so maybe he
> can give you some more details.
>
> Regarding 1: In RTEMS we generally prefer the FreeBSD code due to the
> BSD license. Most code in Linux is GPL code. Also it's a great license
> for desktop applications it would make a lot of problems in the typical
> RTEMS use cases. RTEMS applications are (nearly) always statically
> linked with the system into a single binary. Therefore GPL would spread
> into the application code too. In some cases that is no problem but
> there are use cases where the user don't want or is not allowed to open
> the application due to various reasons. Think of automotive or space
> applications. They sometimes have quite tough regulations.
>
> Another reason: We have a well working infrastructure to import FreeBSD
> code called rtems-libbsd. So importing from FreeBSD is a lot simpler
> then importing from Linux.
>
> Best regards
>
> Christian
>
> On 14/12/2019 19:44, Utkarsh Rai wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> > I am interested in contributing to the PRU drivers of the BeagleBone
> > Black BSP. I have briefly overviewed the work that has been done
> > <https://github.com/nilhoel1/rtems-pru>on the PRU drivers. I have few
> > queries regarding the same-
> > 1. Instead of using Linux based UIO drivers, FreeBSD based drivers have
> > been used. Is there an advantage/specific-feature that FreeBSD drivers
> > have over Linux ones for this choice?
> > 2. What all are the driver features that have still not been
> > developed/debugged/tested?
>
In the application I used for testing, mmap would alway fail.
So I wasn't able to test all functionality of the PRU drivers.

> > 3. How should I proceed to test the driver features on the BeagleBone
> Black?
>
The best approach would be to test the drivers with a new written
application, since I don't think that the mmap problems are PRU driver
related.

Please read my blog <https://nilshoel.home.blog/> for more Information on
this topic.
And please feel free to mail me any time.

Best regards,
Nils Hölscher

> > I would be very grateful if I could get a few indicators on the
> > above-mentioned queries.
> >
> > Thank you, Regards.
> >
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