Project for GSoC 2020

[Utkarsh Rai]

Based on your feedback,  adding memory protection
<https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/2904> or enhancing Wi-fi Support in libbsd
<https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/3222> are two projects that I would like to
work upon.

For MMU support I think a lot unmerged PowerPC code is already present, but
since  I would be using BBB I would only be able to use that as a
reference. Is it feasible to start it from scratch?

For Wi-Fi support, I would require an RTL8188 USB dongle along with JTAG
for debugging purposes. I am not quite sure about how to handle the
'hot-plugging' case in this project it would be very helpful if someone
could point me in the right direction.


On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 1:21 AM Gedare Bloom <gedare at rtems.org> wrote:

>
> On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 9:42 AM Utkarsh Rai <utkarsh.rai60 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
> Hello Utkarsh Rai,
>
>
>> I would like to contribute to the Beagleboard BSP project, in particular
>> towards the improvement of the peripheral support. I have a few questions
>> pertaining to the same:-
>>
>> 1. Is adding support for Ethernet and USB a reasonable goal for the
>> duration of the GSOC?
>>
>> 2. FreeBSD has support for Ethernet and USB  can we port that to libbsd?
>>
>> 3. What are the deliverables for this project, for instance, would I be
>> required to add shell support for these peripherals or maybe an example app?
>>
>> I have also attached a screenshot of the changed  'hello world' program
>> along with this email
>>
> Thanks. It is nice to see that you already ran it successfully on the BBB.
>
> As of now, the BBB has quite mature support including Ethernet and USB.
> There is another student actively working on a proposal to expand our BBB
> support a bit further. I'm not certain if there is sufficient
> work/interest/mentoring available to support multiple BBB projects. You
> might consider what specific projects would interest you though. You should
> take a look at past years' GSoC projects documented on our wiki, they are
> linked from our main 'GSoC' page.
>
> There are also lots of interesting projects that can be done in a
> BSP-agnostic way, but still could be valuable to test with the BBB. The
> most important aspect about doing development with a BBB is that you can
> use the JTAG, which requires some soldering and additional effort to work
> with a standalone JTAG debugger.  If you don't have that, and want to work
> with the BBB, it is highly recommended.
>
>
>
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