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Sample Tasks for GCI

This page is for informational purposes only in applying and preparing for GCI, and represents only a small sample of the tasks we have prepared. Please refer to our GCI main page for more. We use https://github.com/joelsherrill/gci_tasks git repository to generate the actual tasks for import into the GCI web site, which we modified slightly to prepare the below table. Short descriptions of the tasks we are planning or thinking about including are available on our GCI/TaskPlan page.

Category number mapping to names (based on the import process circa 2015): 1: Coding. 2: Design. 3: Documentation & Training. 4: Quality Assurance. 5: Outreach & Research.

Sample of Tasks Prepared for GCI 2018

Name Description Max Instances Mentors Tags Is Beginner? Categories Time to Complete (Days) Private Metadata
Resolve Wiki Page: TBR/Delete/NewlibMemoryAllocation Our wiki includes a number of pages that have been labeled as "TBR" to be reviewed for several years, and some have been slated for deletion without certain evidence they should be removed. In this task, you will investigate the page located on [the RTEMS Trac Wiki](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/TBR/Delete/NewlibMemoryAllocation) Follow the [directions for this task](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/Outreach/WikiTBR) on our wiki. The outcome of this task is a recommendation to relocate the page/contents or to delete it. 1 "amardtakhar@…,joelsherrill@…" "wiki,research" false "2,3,4,5" 3 TBR
Resolve Wiki Page: TBR/Review/DateTimeHardwareIssues Our wiki includes a number of pages that have been labeled as "TBR" to be reviewed for several years, and some have been slated for deletion without certain evidence they should be removed. In this task, you will investigate the page located on [the RTEMS Trac Wiki](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/TBR/Review/DateTimeHardwareIssues) Follow the [directions for this task](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/Outreach/WikiTBR) on our wiki. The outcome of this task is a recommendation to relocate the page/contents or to delete it. 1 "amardtakhar@…,gedarebloom@…" "wiki,research" false "2,3,4,5" 3 TBR
Resolve Wiki Page: TBR/Review/Debugging/Start Our wiki includes a number of pages that have been labeled as "TBR" to be reviewed for several years, and some have been slated for deletion without certain evidence they should be removed. In this task, you will investigate the page located on [the RTEMS Trac Wiki](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/TBR/Review/Debugging/Start) Follow the [directions for this task](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/Outreach/WikiTBR) on our wiki. The outcome of this task is a recommendation to relocate the page/contents or to delete it. 1 "amardtakhar@…,vattamsantosh@…" "wiki,research" false "2,3,4,5" 3 TBR
Resolve Wiki Page: TBR/Review/GSOC_F12_ToolChainSetup Our wiki includes a number of pages that have been labeled as "TBR" to be reviewed for several years, and some have been slated for deletion without certain evidence they should be removed. In this task, you will investigate the page located on [the RTEMS Trac Wiki](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/TBR/Review/GSOC_F12_ToolChainSetup) Follow the [directions for this task](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/Outreach/WikiTBR) on our wiki. The outcome of this task is a recommendation to relocate the page/contents or to delete it. 1 "amardtakhar@…,krzysztofmiesowicz@…" "wiki,research" false "2,3,4,5" 3 TBR
Add Per Function Sections to sh/shsim BSP "Compiler and Linker flags can make a big difference on the size and speed of programs. This task consists of adding per function section support for compiling and linking to sh/shsim BSP per these [instructions](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/Coding/AddPerSectionSupportToBSPs). The outcome of this task is a patch and report of the size difference achieved." 1 "joelsherrill@…,gedarebloom@…" "C,compiler,BSP" 0 "1,4" 5 "function sections BSP"
Add Per Function Sections to sparc64/niagara BSP "Compiler and Linker flags can make a big difference on the size and speed of programs. This task consists of adding per function section support for compiling and linking to sparc64/niagara BSP per these [instructions](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/Coding/AddPerSectionSupportToBSPs). The outcome of this task is a patch and report of the size difference achieved." 1 "chriscjohns@…,nickrtemsgci@…" "C,compiler,BSP" 0 "1,4" 5 "function sections BSP"
Add Per Function Sections to sparc64/usiii BSP "Compiler and Linker flags can make a big difference on the size and speed of programs. This task consists of adding per function section support for compiling and linking to sparc64/usiii BSP per these [instructions](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/Coding/AddPerSectionSupportToBSPs). The outcome of this task is a patch and report of the size difference achieved." 1 "joelsherrill@…,chriscjohns@…" "C,compiler,BSP" 0 "1,4" 5 "function sections BSP"
Add Per Function Sections to v850/gdbv850sim BSP "Compiler and Linker flags can make a big difference on the size and speed of programs. This task consists of adding per function section support for compiling and linking to v850/gdbv850sim BSP per these [instructions](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/Coding/AddPerSectionSupportToBSPs). The outcome of this task is a patch and report of the size difference achieved." 1 "gedarebloom@…,chriscjohns@…" "C,compiler,BSP" 0 "1, 4" 5 "function sections BSP"
"Update Citations 2015-1" "This task consists of updating the[RTEMS References Wiki page](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/References/2015) according to the instructions given in the [RTEMS GCI Wiki page](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/Outreach/Citations) for the year 2015 and page 1. You will need to request a user account on the wiki and be careful to avoid making updates that conflict or delete other relevant citations. You will upload a text file containing the entries that you added to the wiki page. We have constructed the [Google Scholar Search for this task] (http://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=0&q=RTEMS&hl=en&lr=lang_en&as_sdt=1%2C47&as_vis=1&as_ylo=2015&as_yhi=2015) for your convenience." 1 "vattamsantosh@…" wiki true "5" 4 citations
"Update Citations 2015-2" "This task consists of updating the[RTEMS References Wiki page](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/References/2015) according to the instructions given in the [RTEMS GCI Wiki page](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/Outreach/Citations) for the year 2015 and page 2. You will need to request a user account on the wiki and be careful to avoid making updates that conflict or delete other relevant citations. You will upload a text file containing the entries that you added to the wiki page. We have constructed the [Google Scholar Search for this task] (http://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=10&q=RTEMS&hl=en&lr=lang_en&as_sdt=1%2C47&as_vis=1&as_ylo=2015&as_yhi=2015) for your convenience." 1 "krzysztofmiesowicz@…" wiki true "5" 4 citations
"Update Citations 2015-3" "This task consists of updating the[RTEMS References Wiki page](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/References/2015) according to the instructions given in the [RTEMS GCI Wiki page](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/Outreach/Citations) for the year 2015 and page 3. You will need to request a user account on the wiki and be careful to avoid making updates that conflict or delete other relevant citations. You will upload a text file containing the entries that you added to the wiki page. We have constructed the [Google Scholar Search for this task] (http://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=20&q=RTEMS&hl=en&lr=lang_en&as_sdt=1%2C47&as_vis=1&as_ylo=2015&as_yhi=2015) for your convenience." 1 "heshamelmatary@…" wiki true "5" 4 citations
"Update Citations 2015-4" "This task consists of updating the[RTEMS References Wiki page](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/References/2015) according to the instructions given in the [RTEMS GCI Wiki page](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/Outreach/Citations) for the year 2015 and page 4. You will need to request a user account on the wiki and be careful to avoid making updates that conflict or delete other relevant citations. You will upload a text file containing the entries that you added to the wiki page. We have constructed the [Google Scholar Search for this task] (http://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=30&q=RTEMS&hl=en&lr=lang_en&as_sdt=1%2C47&as_vis=1&as_ylo=2015&as_yhi=2015) for your convenience." 1 "chriscjohns@…" wiki true "5" 4 citations
Investigate/Fix Bug: Ticket #1405 First complete one of the Getting Started tasks.<p><p>Investigate the bug described in Ticket #1405 on [the RTEMS Trac](https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/1405) Follow the [directions for this task](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/QA/InvestigateTicket) on our wiki. The outcome of this task will be a comment on the ticket to suggest a path forward. If a bug fix is available, you may be expected to test the fix and possibly produce an updated patch. 1 "joelsherrill@…,gedarebloom@…,vattamsantosh@…" "c,debugging" false "1,3,4" 5 bugfix
Investigate/Fix Bug: Ticket #1406 First complete one of the Getting Started tasks.<p><p>Investigate the bug described in Ticket #1406 on [the RTEMS Trac](https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/1406) Follow the [directions for this task](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/QA/InvestigateTicket) on our wiki. The outcome of this task will be a comment on the ticket to suggest a path forward. If a bug fix is available, you may be expected to test the fix and possibly produce an updated patch. 1 "joelsherrill@…,gedarebloom@…,krzysztofmiesowicz@…" "c,debugging" false "1,3,4" 5 bugfix
Investigate/Fix Bug: Ticket #2024 First complete one of the Getting Started tasks.<p><p>Investigate the bug described in Ticket #2024 on [the RTEMS Trac](https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/2024) Follow the [directions for this task](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/QA/InvestigateTicket) on our wiki. The outcome of this task will be a comment on the ticket to suggest a path forward. If a bug fix is available, you may be expected to test the fix and possibly produce an updated patch. 1 "joelsherrill@…,gedarebloom@…,heshamelmatary@…" "c,debugging" false "1,3,4" 5 bugfix
Investigate/Fix Bug: Ticket #2581 First complete one of the Getting Started tasks.<p><p>Investigate the bug described in Ticket #2581 on [the RTEMS Trac](https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/2581) Follow the [directions for this task](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/QA/InvestigateTicket) on our wiki. The outcome of this task will be a comment on the ticket to suggest a path forward. If a bug fix is available, you may be expected to test the fix and possibly produce an updated patch. 1 "joelsherrill@…,gedarebloom@…,chriscjohns@…" "c,debugging" false "1,3,4" 5 bugfix
Investigate/Fix Bug: Ticket #1778 First complete one of the Getting Started tasks.<p><p>Investigate the bug described in Ticket #1778 on [the RTEMS Trac](https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/1778) Follow the [directions for this task](https://devel.rtems.org/wiki/GCI/QA/InvestigateTicket) on our wiki. The outcome of this task will be a comment on the ticket to suggest a path forward. If a bug fix is available, you may be expected to test the fix and possibly produce an updated patch. 1 "joelsherrill@…,gedarebloom@…,jenniferaverett@…" "c,debugging" false "1,3,4" 5 bugfix