Project Query for #3855 (BSP Buildset for EPICS)

[Joel Sherrill]

Thanks for the description Chris.

Do you think it is full summer of work? I am wondering about a bonus
project if it gets done early. CFS vertical stack might be a good option if
no one signs up for that.

--joel

On Sun, Mar 8, 2020, 4:51 PM Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org> wrote:

> On 9/3/20 3:23 am, Mritunjay Sharma wrote:
> > First of all apologies for this period of inactivity due to my mid-sem
> tests and
> > then being infected with viral fever.
>
> I hope the tests went well and I am sorry to hear you have been ill.
>
> > Having recovered now, I am working on the first draft of the GSoC
> proposal for
> > #3855 and will be sharing the drive link for the same with the mentors
> for their
> > suggestions by tomorrow. Before doing that, I would like to know a few
> things to
> > fill my knowledge gaps.
>
> Great.
>
> > Firstly, It would be a great help if I can get the BSP Buildset
> documentation
> > and also would it better to work this project as a vertically integrated
> > buildset or EPICS can be built as a library?
>
> A vertical integrated build set builds a package as a library so this is
> the
> same thing. The doco is ...
>
> https://docs.rtems.org/branches/master/user/rsb/third-party-packages.html
>
> The first step is to build EPICS by hand to understand the process. After
> this a
> configuration (.cfg) file for the RSB can be created and then the package
> can be
> added to the packages built set ...
>
>
> https://git.rtems.org/rtems-source-builder/tree/rtems/config/5/rtems-packages.bset
>
> Once we have a build set a simple example application can be added to
> rtems-examples. A configure test would look for the EPICS library or
> libraries
> and be built if present.
>
> > Also, any particular hardware is also required?
>
> I suggest a BSP like the Zedboard or MicroZed because the networking works
> with
> qemu and with qemu you do not need hardware plus qemu it has good
> debugging support.
>
> Chris
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