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| − | Embedded Xinu is an ongoing research and implementation project in the area of Operating Systems and Embedded Systems. Its goal is to port the [[Xinu|Xinu Operating System]] to the MIPS platform | + | Embedded Xinu is an ongoing research and implementation project in the area of Operating Systems and Embedded Systems. Its goal is to port the [[Xinu|Xinu Operating System]] to the embedded MIPS platform. The current release supports Linksys WRT54GL and WRT160NL routers, as well as the Qemu virtual machine. While this project is still in progress, our laboratory environment and curriculum materials are already in use for courses in Operating Systems, Hardware Systems, Embedded Systems, Networking and Compilers. |
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The Embedded Xinu project was conceived and is supervised by [http://www.mscs.mu.edu/~brylow/ Dr. Dennis Brylow] and is being conducted by both graduate and undergraduate students in the [http://www.mscs.mu.edu/ Math, Statistics, & Computer Science] department of [http://www.mu.edu/ Marquette University] in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The first major phase of work on Embedded Xinu began in the Summer of 2006. | The Embedded Xinu project was conceived and is supervised by [http://www.mscs.mu.edu/~brylow/ Dr. Dennis Brylow] and is being conducted by both graduate and undergraduate students in the [http://www.mscs.mu.edu/ Math, Statistics, & Computer Science] department of [http://www.mu.edu/ Marquette University] in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The first major phase of work on Embedded Xinu began in the Summer of 2006. | ||
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| + | Our project partners include [http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~bina/ Dr. Bina Ramamurthy] at University of Buffalo (with whom we shared an [http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09529/nsf09529.html NSF CCLI] grant), [http://cs.olemiss.edu/~ruth/wiki/doku.php Dr. Paul Ruth] at University of Mississippi, and [http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/comer Dr. Doug Comer] (father of Xinu) at Purdue University. | ||
== Building an Embedded Xinu Laboratory == | == Building an Embedded Xinu Laboratory == | ||
Revision as of 21:56, 24 January 2010
Embedded Xinu is an ongoing research and implementation project in the area of Operating Systems and Embedded Systems. Its goal is to port the Xinu Operating System to the embedded MIPS platform. The current release supports Linksys WRT54GL and WRT160NL routers, as well as the Qemu virtual machine. While this project is still in progress, our laboratory environment and curriculum materials are already in use for courses in Operating Systems, Hardware Systems, Embedded Systems, Networking and Compilers.
The Embedded Xinu project was conceived and is supervised by Dr. Dennis Brylow and is being conducted by both graduate and undergraduate students in the Math, Statistics, & Computer Science department of Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The first major phase of work on Embedded Xinu began in the Summer of 2006.
Our project partners include Dr. Bina Ramamurthy at University of Buffalo (with whom we shared an NSF CCLI grant), Dr. Paul Ruth at University of Mississippi, and Dr. Doug Comer (father of Xinu) at Purdue University.
Building an Embedded Xinu Laboratory
In this section we are developing instructions so that other groups can benefit from the work we are doing. These guides can be followed more or less in order to create a relatively inexpensive platform for a custom operating system. As our work develops further, there will be more Xinu-specific information.
- Obtain a supported platform.
- Modify the Linksys hardware
- Connect to a modified router
- Build Xinu
- Deploy Xinu
- (Optional) Build a pool of backends
Other Embedded Xinu Information
- MIPS processor
- Main memory
- Exception and Interrupt Handling
- UART driver
- TTY driver
- Switch driver
- Flash memory
- Enhanced Joint Test Action Group debugger
- Standard library
The Xinu Lab is brought to you in part by M&M's.
