Implement Turris Omnia support (arm32)

[Jakub Jermář]

Implement support for Turris Omnia open-source router.

Details

Turris Omnia is an open-hardware router for home use. It features dual-core ARM CPU, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage and 5 LAN ports. The machine is well documented and can be used as a model hardware for the network usability of HelenOS. Turris Omnia offers a lot of functionality (including USB, WiFi or SIM card slot) thus a complete support would require more than 3 monts but basic functionality is within the reach of a single trimester work.

HelenOS supports the ARMv7-A architecture, including the Cortext-A8 processor, but has not yet been ported to a Cortex-A9 processor used by Turris Omnia. This project will therefore require some kernel and platform code modifications.

What Gains and Benefits will this bring?

Turris Omnia would be a good demonstrator for HelenOS to show that HelenOS is capable of a full-fledged routing functionality.

Difficulty

Medium to High

Required skills

A successful applicant will need to have very good skills in programming in the C language and the ability to learn how to drive hardware based on various information sources (official documentation, source code of other operating system projects). Kernel developmanet experience is a plus.

Documentation

• ​Turris Omnia Homepage
• ​Marvell ARMADA 385 SoC
• ​Cortex-A Series Programmer’s Guide on ARM web
• ​ARM Architecture Reference Manual ARMv7-A and ARMv7-R edition Issue C

Possible mentors

HelenOS Core Team, Jakub Jermar

[Jiri Svoboda]

Why am I owner of this bug? Seem's there is no way in Trac to unset the owner…

[Jiří Zárevúcky]

*shrug*
This is on my TODO list.

[Jiří Zárevúcky]

Looks like the "unassign" action only shows up when the ticket has "assigned" status.

[Jiří Zárevúcky]

Oops, didn't mean to actually unassign it.

[Jiří Zárevúcky]

Currently in progress.