start/gsoc: GSoC Getting started instructions.

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interested in GSoC.

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 .. topic:: Copyrights and License
 
+    | |copy| 2020 Niteesh Babu
     | |copy| 2019 Vijay Kumar Banerjee
     | |copy| 2018 Amaan Cheval
     | |copy| 2018 Marçal Comajoan Cara
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
+
+.. Copyright (C) 2020 Niteesh Babu <niteesh.gs@gmail.com>
+
+.. _QuickStartGSoC:
+
+GSoC Getting Started
+====================
+
+The goal of this page is to help new users, especially students get RTEMS
+compiled and running so they can start with the real work.
+
+Please join the :r:list:`users` and :r:list:`devel` and ask
+questions. Help correct any deficiencies in the code or documentation you spot,
+including those on the wiki. The ultimate goal of GSoC is to help you become
+part of the open source community.
+
+This section will help you to quickly setup a development environment without
+delving into the details. For more information you can go through the other
+subsections under :ref:`Quick Start <QuickStart>` chapter or ask on the
+:r:list:`devel`.
+
+You will be best served by using a GNU/Linux environment, which could be in a
+virtual machine, for example that uses `​Virtualbox <https://www.virtualbox.org/>`_
+and should run on most modern desktop systems. You should also be able to work
+with a MacOS or Windows system, but might encounter more difficulty than a *nix
+environment.
+
+Setting up a development environment consists of the following steps.
+
+1) Installing dependencies for your host operating system.
+2) Choosing an installation prefix.
+3) Downloading the source code.
+4) Installing the tool suite.
+5) Building the Board Support Package (BSP).
+6) Testing the Board Support Package (BSP).
+
+Installing Dependencies
+-----------------------
+
+You need tools for your host’s operating system to build the RTEMS tool suite
+from source. Please have a look at the :ref:`host-computer` chapter for the
+instructions to install the tools for your OS.
+
+Choosing an installation prefix
+-------------------------------
+
+The term ``prefix`` refers to the path on your computer where the software is to
+be installed.
+You can refer to the :ref:`Prefix <QuickStartPrefixes>` section for details on
+choosing an installation prefix.
+
+Downloading the Sources
+-----------------------
+
+We will be using Git to clone the sources for RTEMS and RSB. This is the
+preferred way if you are planning to make contributions to the RTEMS project.
+
+Please refer to the :ref:`QuickStartSources_Git` section for instructions on
+obtaining sources using Git.
+
+Installing the Tool Suite
+-------------------------
+
+The Tools suite is the collection of tools required to build the BSP. This
+includes the compiler, debugger, assembler and other tools. These tools are
+architecture-specific. We will be installing the SPARC tool suite since we are
+building a SPARC based BSP.
+
+Please refer to the :ref:`QuickStartTools` section for instructions on
+building and installing the tool suite.
+
+Building the Board Support Package
+----------------------------------
+
+There are two ways of building a BSP. We could either ask RSB to build the BSP
+or manually build it. In this section will we be building it manually.
+Please refer the :ref:`QuickStartBSPBuild_Manual` section for the
+instructions.
+
+Testing the Board Support Package
+---------------------------------
+
+Testing is an essential part of RTEMS development process. The main reason for
+choosing the SPARC erc32 BSP is that, it has very good simulator support. This
+will allow you to test your changes without the need for SPARC hardware.
+
+Please refer to :ref:`QuickStartBSPTest` for instructions on testing the BSP.
+
+Prove You Can Work On RTEMS
+---------------------------
+
+This section is only for students interested in Google Summer of Code.
+
+You have to finish the following task to prove that you can work on RTEMS.
+
+Modify the hello world example to include a new different print statement.
+Something like "Hello from The Dark Side!". Then send us enough to prove to us
+that you did this. We want to know you can work with RTEMS.
+
+Create a patch of your changes and send it to :r:list:`devel` along with the
+screenshot of the output.
+
+If you followed this guide, this hello world modification will likely need to be
+made in ``$HOME/quick-start/src/rtems/testsuites/samples/hello/init.c``.
+To test your changes, you have to build the BSP again. This could be done by
+running `make` in the BSP build directory.
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+  cd $HOME/quick-start/build/b-erc32
+  make
+
+If you are happy with your changes you can commit the changes and send the patch
+to :r:list:`devel`.
+
+Creating and Sending Patches
+----------------------------
+
+Before sending patches, make sure that the changes you have made conforms to
+RTEMS coding standards.
+You can refer to :ref:`Contributing` section for instruction on creating and
+sending patches.
+
+Here are a few pointers to keep in mind while creating the patches.
+
+* Make sure not to commit changes in the master branch. This is to avoid merge
+  conflicts when you are pulling the latest changes from the remote branch.
+* Avoid trailing whitespace errors.
+* The author name of the patch is your full name.
+* The author email of the patch is your valid email address.
+* Ensure that your patch builds before sending them for review.
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 .. toctree::
 
+    gsoc
     preparation
     prefixes
     sources