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This page catalogs all possible tasks for the [[XINU|Embedded XINU]] project. Feel free to add new tasks and change existing tasks as you see fit.
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This page catalogs tasks for the [[Embedded Xinu]] project. Feel free to add new tasks and change existing tasks as you see fit.
  
 
== Pending ==
 
== Pending ==
  
 
=== Active ===
 
=== Active ===
* [[Flash driver|Flash disk driver]]
 
* TTY disk driver
 
* XINU File System
 
* [[Ethernet Driver|Wired network driver]]
 
* Curses library
 
* [[EJTAG]] interface for debugging
 
  
=== Inactive ===
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* USB HID (e.g. keyboard) support
* XINU testsuite
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* SD card support
* [[WRT350N]] compatibility
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* File System/[[Flash driver|Flash disk driver]]/TTY disk driver
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* [[EJTAG]] interface for debugging, on platforms supporting it
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* Improvements to testsuite (Internal/External Testing and Completion)
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* Memory protection (on some platforms)
  
 
== Future ==
 
== Future ==
  
 
=== Software ===
 
=== Software ===
* Memory management unit
 
 
* Wireless networking
 
* Wireless networking
 
* Robo-switch
 
* Robo-switch
 
* Watchdog timer
 
* Watchdog timer
** It seems to be there, how do we use it/where does it come from
 
* Timing mechanism
 
** Analyze timeliness of system
 
* Improvements to system efficiency
 
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=== Hardware ===
 
=== Hardware ===
 
* External sensors
 
* External sensors
 
* Poke around [[WRT54G]] and [[WRT350N]]
 
* Poke around [[WRT54G]] and [[WRT350N]]
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=== Meta ===
 
=== Meta ===
 
* Windows port of xinu-console tools
 
* Windows port of xinu-console tools
 
* Rebooter daemon
 
* Rebooter daemon
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== Completed ==
 
== Completed ==
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* Hardware modifications for EJTAG port
 
* Hardware modifications for EJTAG port
 
** Successfully wrote Flash memory via [[EJTAG]] interface
 
** Successfully wrote Flash memory via [[EJTAG]] interface
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=== Fall 2007 - Spring 2013 ===
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* No one bothered to update this page, apparently.
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=== Summer 2013 ===
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* Ported to Raspberry Pi
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* Rewrote C library
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* Added USB support
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* Added TFTP and DHCP clients
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* Reduced code duplication

Latest revision as of 22:14, 11 September 2013

This page catalogs tasks for the Embedded Xinu project. Feel free to add new tasks and change existing tasks as you see fit.

Pending

Active

  • USB HID (e.g. keyboard) support
  • SD card support
  • File System/Flash disk driver/TTY disk driver
  • EJTAG interface for debugging, on platforms supporting it
  • Improvements to testsuite (Internal/External Testing and Completion)
  • Memory protection (on some platforms)

Future

Software

  • Wireless networking
  • Robo-switch
  • Watchdog timer

Hardware

Meta

  • Windows port of xinu-console tools
  • Rebooter daemon

Completed

Fall 2005

  • Complete port of ancient-XINU (Pentium) to modern processor (PPC)

Summer 2006

  • Hardware modifications for WRT54GLs
  • Communicate over serial port (MIPS)
  • Write loader for MIPS port

Fall 2006

  • Complete port of PPC-XINU to MIPS-XINU
  • Interrupt subsystem

Spring 2007

  • Initial asynchronous UART driver (TTY driver)
  • Initial file system (via the second TTY)

Summer 2007

  • Basic Shell (port from x86)
  • Improvements to the UART Driver and TTY Driver
  • Code Audits
    • Including the startup process, UART Driver, TTY Driver, libxc, Interprocess Communication (now mailboxes), memory, interrupts, and other important XINU subsystems
  • Hardware modifications for EJTAG port
    • Successfully wrote Flash memory via EJTAG interface

Fall 2007 - Spring 2013

  • No one bothered to update this page, apparently.

Summer 2013

  • Ported to Raspberry Pi
  • Rewrote C library
  • Added USB support
  • Added TFTP and DHCP clients
  • Reduced code duplication