RTOS/AM5718: Safety Critical certification questions

Hello,

Please check my comments below.

1.Is TI RTOS, SysBIOS is certified / compliance to DO178, if not is there any reference available for usage of TI RTOS in Safety Critical Applications so that we can claim that this RTOS is well proven and widely used in defence/avionics applications

[d.z.]:  I don't think we have any certifications specifically for TI-RTOS or it’s kernel (SYS/BIOS). But I know RTOS has been in many mission critical applications by many customers.

2.Does TI provides the complete source code of SysBIOS RTOS? if complete source code is not available can you please provide us the information on “for which all components of RTOS source code is available and for which it is not available”

[d.z.]: Yes, the source code is available. If you download the Processor SDK RTOS binary and install it, RTOS folder will have the source code. It is under BIOS_X_XX_XX_XX/packages/ti folder. All the code is BSD licensed, please refer to the Manifest in the top directory of the product for more details.

3.As our end application to be developed on AM5718 is an graphics SW, can you please provide us the information on source code availability on ‘Graphics SW Stack’ provided by TI like omapdrm/omapdss/SGX KM/supported graphics libraries (OpenGLES/libdrm/libdrm omap/SGX UM) etc…

[d.z.]: Source code for SGX KM, OpenGLES, libdrm, libdrm omap is available publicly, some of them are part of Processor SDK and some can be accessed using Arago build. SGX UM, SGX driver and various EGLs for wayland and full screen mode aren’t available publicly.

4.Is any other DO178B compliant RTOS like VxWorks/GreenHills Integrity is proven/available for AM5718.

[d.z.]: Please find VxWorks support on AM57x here:

https://marketplace.windriver.com/index.php?bsp&on=details&bsp=12997

5.Whether TI provides Bare metal support for Cortex A15 processor module of AM5718

[d.z.]: Yes. If you want to start bare-metal code development, please refer to the diagnostics package which uses the PDK drivers and does not rely on the TI RTOS. There are also CSL examples included in the package under the path ${PDK_INSTALL_PATH}\packages\ti\csl\test.

In addition to CSL example, the PDK contains bare-metal diagnostic test cases that help in testing EVM functionality. These can be located under pdk_am57xx_x_x_x\packages\ti\board\diag

Some of the driver examples contain a flag for BARE METAL usage of the driver. Example: GPIO/SPI already have these flags implemented.

I would highly recommend you review this FAQ if you haven't:

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Processor_SDK_RTOS_FAQ

6.For Graphics SW which is the suggested OS (TI RTOS / Linux / Bare Metal) on Cortex A15 processor

[d.z.]: TI provides and support graphics stack on Linux. You can choose to use other OS but that would mean porting the code and also figure out licensing terms.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any additional questions.

best regards,

David Zhou

Senthil,

If you are going to use VxWorks, you will need WindRiver's support. TI is not supporting VxWorks directly but WindRiver does. I am sure they have example to show how to create image and boot.

Most peripheral are supported by all cores(A15, DSP, M4). For details, please refer to below link and check it under "PDK Example and Test Project Creation". When you specify core, it will create user example for that particular core.
processors.wiki.ti.com/.../Rebuilding_The_PDK

best regards,
David Zhou