= Sample Tasks for GCI =

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This page is for informational purposes only in applying and preparing for GCI. Please refer to [wiki:GCI 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.

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.  || 1 || "amardtakhar@gmail.com,joelsherrill@gmail.com" || "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.  || 1 || "amardtakhar@gmail.com,gedarebloom@gmail.com" || "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.  || 1 || "amardtakhar@gmail.com,vattamsantosh@gmail.com" || "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.  || 1 || "amardtakhar@gmail.com,krzysztofmiesowicz@gmail.com" || "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 compiler 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)." || 1 || "joelsherrill@gmail.com,gedarebloom@gmail.com" || "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 compiler 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)." || 1 || "chriscjohns@gmail.com,nickrtemsgci@gmail.com" || "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 compiler 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)." || 1 || "joelsherrill@gmail.com,chriscjohns@gmail.com" || "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 compiler 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)." || 1 || "gedarebloom@gmail.com,chriscjohns@gmail.com" || "C,compiler,BSP" || 0 || "1, 4" || 5 ||  "function sections BSP"