Evaluation of Ecos Embedded
Evaluation of Ecos Embedded
Evaluation of Ecos Embedded
eCos
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
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
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templates
architecture
Partial configuration that gives a valid starting point Combination of a hardware target and a group of packages
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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
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Kernel
core components
Mutexes Condition Variables Semaphores Mail Boxes Event flags Spin locks (on SMP systems) Inheritance Ceiling Own implementation
eCos
Kernel
core components
Split interrupt model APIs Scheduler implementations API Scheduler Control API
Scheduler
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Libraries
core components
eCos
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
http://ecos.sourceware.org Anthony Massa, embedded software design with eCos www.ecoscentric.com www.mind.be [email protected]