Roadmap

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Roadmap

This list describes the things that would be needed to create a platform on which an alternative firmware implementation could be provided, roughly in the right order.

  • Creating an inventory of the components on the Barracuda board and their functions, and gathering technical information about these componentes where available.
  • Find out what the testpads on the Barracuda PCB do - Identifying JTAG and UART would be really helpful here.
  • Get a linux (console) shell to work on the current firmware to be able to get info about how the official software connects to the hardware. Memory maps, device drivers, etc
  • Figure out which pieces are missing to drive the hardware - Does Reciva provide drivers to all hardware ? Is a bootloader provided ?
  • Try to put as much pieces of the provided GPL code together to get a basic OS up and running. Find out how much Reciva added or modified of the original software packages.

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