Improve the Raspberry Pi BSP

[Gedare Bloom]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 8:41 AM Denil Verghese <denilcv3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Wed, 18 Mar, 2020, 7:43 PM Alan Cudmore, <alan.cudmore at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> This is probably not a comprehensive list, but currently all models except the Pi 4 are working thanks to Niteesh’s work on the uart for the Pi 3 and Zero W.
>>
>>
>>
>> I believe there is some support for GPIO, and I2C.
>>
>> I’m not sure about the state of SPI.
>>
>> There is also support for the graphics console, but I don’t know that state of that with the various Pi models as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> Finally, there was an effort to port libbsd to the Pi, but I don’t think it was completed.
>>
>>
>>
>> From what I know the Pi 4 is not supported at all yet.
>>
>>
>>
>> So there is still a lot of work to do, maybe too much for a single GSoC project.
>>
>> Maybe try to narrow the focus on something like:
>>
>> Libbsd and SMP support for the Raspberry Pi 3?
>
> That is a great idea. Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> Will this will be more useful than my current proposal?( Which is based on Release note generator and code formatter.).
>

They are two very different projects. You can continue to flesh out
both of them if you like, although we prefer a student to focus on one
proposal if you are not certain then it will be fine.

As before, to do the RPi projects you must have and demonstrate that
you can run RPi at least with baremetal if not with RTEMS.

I don't know if we'll have the bandwidth for multiple projects
involving libbsd, while the release note generator/formatter may be
somewhat easier to mentor. I haven't heard too much enthusiasm yet,
but if you write a strong proposal you may convince a mentor :)

>> I have been learning how to use RTEMS and rtems-libbsd on the beaglebone black lately. Having that capability along with SMP on the Pi 3 would be great.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Joel Sherrill
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 11:19 PM
>> To: Denil Verghese
>> Cc: rtems-devel at rtems.org
>> Subject: Re: Improve the Raspberry Pi BSP
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 10:20 PM Denil Verghese <denilcv3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>    I would like to know whether the projects shown in this https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/2899 ticket is completed or not. If the ideas are yet to implement I could work on it.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think there is plenty left. I am not authoritative on this though.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think getting Pi3/4 support still has work.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think USB plus Ethernet.
>>
>>
>>
>> I recall the graphics work was done on the Beagle.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am not even sure that Pi2 qemu support has been worked through completely.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> It will more interesting to work those projects rather than my currently selected project which is Release Note Generator.
>>
>> Meanwhile I have uploaded my draft proposal which is ongoing self revision.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Denil C Verghese
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> devel mailing list
>> devel at rtems.org
>> http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> devel mailing list
> devel at rtems.org
> http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/devel