README.md

meta-freertos

FreeRTOS distro layer compatible with OpenEmbedded

Build Status

master
zeus
warrior

Dependencies

This layer depends on:

 URI: git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky
 branch: master

License

This layer has an MIT license (see LICENSE) and it fetches code from FreeRTOS that has its own License (MIT as of the day of writing this README), along with code taken from jkovacic which also has its own license.

FreeRTOS build setup

1.- Clone the required repositories (Use -b zeus if you want a stable release)

$ git clone https://git.yoctoproject.org/git/poky
$ cd poky
$ git clone https://github.com/aehs29/meta-freertos.git

2.- Add meta-freertos to your bblayers.conf

$ source oe-init-build-env
$ bitbake-layers add-layer ../meta-freertos

3.- Add the required variables to your local.conf

$ echo "MACHINE = \"qemuarmv5\"" >> ./conf/local.conf
$ echo "DISTRO = \"freertos\"" >> ./conf/local.conf

Build Linux along with FreeRTOS (Linux on qemux86-64 and FreeRTOS on qemuarmv5):

1.- Build Linux image and get a FreeRTOS demo for free!

$ bitbake mc:dummy-x86-64:core-image-minimal

2.- Run the FreeRTOS application on QEMU:

$ runqemu

3.- Run the Linux image on QEMU (Assuming you used the default settings):

$ runqemu nographic tmp-qemux86-64-glibc/deploy/images/qemux86-64/core-image-minimal-qemux86-64.qemuboot.conf

Build a FreeRTOS demo as a standalone application:

4.- Build a sample FreeRTOS standalone application:

$ bitbake freertos-demo

5.- Run the application on QEMU:

$ runqemu

After running runqemu you should be able to see the output of the application on QEMU and interact with it.

Sample output:

###### - FreeRTOS sample application -######

A text may be entered using a keyboard.
It will be displayed when 'Enter' is pressed.

Periodic task 10 secs
Waiting For Notification - Blocked...
Task1
Task1
You entered: "HelloFreeRTOS"
Unblocked
Notification Received
Waiting For Notification - Blocked...