[GSoC 2020]: Doubts in building RSB Recipe for EPICS for multiple architectures

[Joel Sherrill]

On Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 7:06 PM Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org> wrote:

> On 27/7/20 9:46 am, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 8:51 AM Mritunjay Sharma <
> mritunjaysharma394 at gmail.com
> > <mailto:mritunjaysharma394 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hello all,
> >
> >     To update you all, I have sent the first version of PATCHES that
> >     implement an RSB recipe for EPICS7 building with RTEMS5 for pc-386.
> >
> >     While the build was successful for pc-386, I have doubts and need
> >     suggestions on how to make it work across different BSP targets.
> >     I will request Chris to show me the path and if possible then also
> review
> >     the patches.
> >
> >
> > I didn't see anything in the patches that look to be pc specific but
> admit I
> > could have missed something.
>
> There is a patch to EPICS for the PC BSP that I cannot find posted online
> anywhere.
>
> > I would try another couple of BSPs known to work with EPICS
> > using the same network stack you used for the PC. Options include:
> >
> > + powerpc and beatnik or a motorola_powerpc variant
> > + arm zynq qemu
> > + m68k uc5282
> >
> > Which network stack did you build against?
> >
>
> It currently is the legacy stack. Heinz has changes pending for RTEMS 5.
>

Then it should be repeatable for multiple powerpc and m68k bsps. That works
be the next step past clean up and documentation to me.

Then focus on some libbsd bsps.

>
> Chris
>
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