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    ECos is an Open Source Real Time operating system (rtos) developed by Cygnus Solutions and released under the GNU Open Source development tools. It is a free and Open Source runtime system for embedded systems.

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    Evaluation of eCos embedded Real Time Operating System

    eCos

    embedded Configurable operating system

    Free Open Source runtime system Supported by GNU Open Source development tools Released under GPL-compatible free software license Highly configurable and scaleable Graphical component configuration toolset Real Time performance

    eCos
    Cygnus Solutions Founded 1987

    origins

    Michael Tieman David Henkel-Wallace John Gilmore

    Provide high qualitiy support and development for Open Source software GNUPro ToolKit

    eCos

    origins

    1996 Cygnus starts eCos project 1998 eCos 1.1 release (first public release) 1999 Red Hat acquire Cygnus Solutions 2000 eCos 1.3.1 released under Red Hat eCos Public License 2000 Red Hat announce the availability of Redboot 2002 eCos 2.0-alpha released under GPL+exception 2002 original members of eCos team form eCosCentric Limited in Cambridge

    eCos

    origins

    2002 Red Hat announce their withdrawal from RTOS market, lays off entire eCos team 2003 eCos 2.0-final release 2003 eCosCentric announces eCosPro Developers Kit 2004 Red Hat announce intention to assign copyright of the portions of the original source base to FSF

    eCos

    design goals

    Unite function range of many RTOS solutions Abstract hardware details Highly configurable and scaleable Small resource footprint Keep up with commercial solutions Provide Real Time performance

    eCos
    Monolitic Kernel Configurable component architecture Reusable key software components

    architecture

    eCos

    architecture

    eCos

    targets

    architecture

    Piece of hardware on which the application will be executed Component framework loads Packages to support the devices and HAL relevant to the target Configuration options are changed from their default values to settings appropriate to the target

    eCos

    templates

    architecture

    Partial configuration that gives a valid starting point Combination of a hardware target and a group of packages

    eCos

    HAL

    core components

    Isolates architectural-dependent features and presents them in general form to allow portability of other infrastructure components Key Component for HW Ports Software Layer with generalized API

    eCos

    HAL

    core components

    Implemented Core Features:

    Interrupts Exceptions Virtual Vectors HAL Start up Device drivers API

    eCos

    Kernel

    core components

    Threads API Rich set of synchronisation primitives

    Mutexes Condition Variables Semaphores Mail Boxes Event flags Spin locks (on SMP systems) Inheritance Ceiling Own implementation

    Priority inversion Control

    eCos

    Kernel

    core components

    Counters, Clocks, Alarms Interrupts

    Split interrupt model APIs Scheduler implementations API Scheduler Control API

    Scheduler

    Device drivers API

    eCos

    Libraries

    core components

    Math Libraries C Library Compatibility Libraries


    - EL/IX - ITRON - POSIX

    PCI support TCP/IP networking support

    eCos

    RedBoot ROM Monitor

    Red Hat embedded Debug and Bootstrap eCos low level application uses HAL API implemented features:

    Boot scripting Command Line Interface Access via Serial or Ethernet ports GDB Support Flash Image System Support X/Y Modem Support Network bootstrap support (BOOTP, static address)

    eCos

    embedded Configurable operating system

    http://ecos.sourceware.org Anthony Massa, embedded software design with eCos www.ecoscentric.com www.mind.be [email protected]

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