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authorCharles Phillips <Charles.Phillips@OARcorp.com>1999-10-25 14:48:15 +0000
committerCharles Phillips <Charles.Phillips@OARcorp.com>1999-10-25 14:48:15 +0000
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parentPatch from Eric Valette <valette@crf.canon.fr> and Emmanuel Raguet (diff)
downloadrtems-9cc603ff0997d64d9e7949c63bbe495d47870131.tar.bz2
Made html urls browable links. Updated the reference to the
U.S. Army Missile Command to show the merger with the Aviation Command
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@@ -26,10 +26,49 @@ remained with the "M" meaning Military.
@section What is RTEMS?
RTEMS is a real-time executive which provides a high performance
-environment for embedded military applications including the
-following features:
+environment for embedded military applications including many
+features. The following is just a short list of the features
+avilable in RTEMS. If you are interested in something that
+is not on this list, please contact the RTEMS Team. Features
+are being added continuously.
@itemize @bullet
+
+@item Standards Compliant
+@itemize @bullet
+@item POSIX 1003.1b API including threads
+@item RTEID/ORKID based Classic API
+@end itemize
+
+@item TCP/IP Stack
+@itemize @bullet
+@item high performance port of FreeBSD TCP/IP stack
+@item UDP, TCP
+@item ICMP, DHCP, RARP
+@item TFTP
+@item RPC
+@item FTPD
+@item HTTPD
+@item CORBA
+@end itemize
+
+@item Debugging
+@itemize @bullet
+@item GNU debugger (gdb)
+@item DDD GUI interface to GDB
+@item thread aware
+@item debug over Ethernet
+@item debug over Serial Port
+@end itemize
+
+@item Filesystem Support
+@itemize @bullet
+@item In-Memory Filesystem (IMFS)
+@item TFTP Client Filesystem
+@end itemize
+
+@item Basic Kernel Features
+@itemize @bullet
@item multitasking capabilities
@item homogeneous and heterogeneous multiprocessor systems
@item event-driven, priority-based, preemptive scheduling
@@ -41,7 +80,8 @@ following features:
@item high level of user configurability
@end itemize
-XXX This feature list is weak these days. :)
+@end itemize
+
@section What standards does RTEMS support?
@@ -87,7 +127,9 @@ or an operating system.
@section Where/why was it developed?
RTEMS was developed by On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
-for the U.S. Army Missile Command. The original goal of RTEMS was
+for the U.S. Army Missile Command prior to that organizations merger
+with the Aviation Command that resulted in the new command, U. S. Army
+Aviation and Missile command (AMCOM). The original goal of RTEMS was
to provide a portable, standards-based real-time executive for which
source code was available and royalties were paid.
@@ -115,8 +157,8 @@ training, and custom development.
@section Are there any mailing lists?
The primary RTEMS mailing list is @code{rtems-list@@oarcorp.com}. You
-can subscribe by sending a message with the word @b{subscribe} as the
-body to @code{rtems-list-request@@oarcorp.com}.
+can subscribe by sending a message with the word @b{subscribe rtems-list}
+as the body to @code{majordomo@@oarcorp.com}.
@section Are there any license restrictions?