| 1 | | Port HelenOS to one of the RouterBoards such as MikroTik RouterBoard RB435G. |
| | 1 | Implement support for one of the !RouterBoards such as !MikroTik !RouterBoard RB435G. |
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| | 3 | Details:: |
| | 4 | !RouterBoard RB435G is an extensible board that can serve as a single-board router and be a central part of your home network. It features MIPS single-core CPU, 256MB of RAM, micro-SD card slot and 3 ethernet ports. The machine is well documented and can be used as a model hardware for the network usability of HelenOS. Basic support for RB435G is within the reach of a single trimester work. |
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| | 6 | What Gains and Benefits will this bring?:: |
| | 7 | !RouterBoard RB435G would be a good demonstrator for HelenOS to show that HelenOS is capable of a full-fledged routing functionality. |
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| | 9 | Difficulty:: |
| | 10 | Medium to High |
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| | 12 | Required skills:: |
| | 13 | A successful applicant will need to have very good skills in programming in the C language and the ability to learn how to drive hardware based on various information sources (official documentation, source code of other operating system projects). |
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| | 15 | Documentation:: |
| | 16 | * [[http://routerboard.com/RB435G|RB435G Homepage]] |
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| | 18 | Possible mentors:: |
| | 19 | HelenOS Core Team |
