| [openhw.core-v.sw] Software TG charter for ratification |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I attach the draft charter, which following the round of comments at this afternoon's call is now up for ratification. You can also view the charter here: https://github.com/jeremybennett/core-v-sw/blob/draft-charter/charter.md As Mike Thompson advised us, we are the first group to go down the ratification process for a charter, which will work as follows: 1. You are all invited to indicate if you approve (+1) or disapprove (-1) of the charter, by mailing the chair: jeremy.bennett@xxxxxxxxxxxx, copying rickoco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx as scrutineer. You can approve while pointing out minor typographical errors to be fixed! 2. If no one disapproves, then we shall declare the charter ratified by acclamation at our next call on 13 July 2020. 3. If there is any objection, then we shall revise the charter at our next call to take account of those objections. We shall then circulate the charter for final ratification by email, where a simple majority by the time of our meeting on 10 August 2020 will suffice for approval. It is important that the charter reflects the will of the group as a whole, and this two stage process will allow us to take full account of all views. I look forward to hearing your views. Best wishes, Jeremy Bennett Chair, Software TG - -- Cell: +44 (7970) 676050 SkypeID: jeremybennett Twitter: @jeremypbennett Email: jeremy.bennett@xxxxxxxxxxxx Web: www.embecosm.com PGP key: 1024D/BEF58172FB4754E1 2009-03-20 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQRASGDWqmhRZUfAaPW+9YFy+0dU4QUCXt6m1wAKCRC+9YFy+0dU 4QtXAJ9raPbW76GUE5ArvljwYtIV1NElowCfVYV0og1007cxDTSBydWM6k4b9YM= =67BS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
# OpenHW Group Software Task Group Charter ## Ratification status Draft of version 1 for review ## Responsibilities The software task group is responsible for the following parts of the OpenHW Group ecosystem. This includes direct support for the CORE-V instruction set extensions and a process to support users' custom instruction set extensions. - Compiler tool chains (GNU, LLVM, proprietary) and Operating systems (RTOS, *nix, *bsd) - the compiler tool chain includes the assembler, linker, debugger and libraries as well as the compiler. - Processor and platform models (ISS, cycle accurate, QEMU, OVPSim) - IDEs (Eclipse family, PlatformIO, proprietary), their integration with the debug environment and support tools - Benchmarking (specifically including Embench) - Demonstration applications, both bare metal and for specific operating systems. - Support of the software ecosystem for the two OpenHW Group reference platforms, one MCU class, one APU class. ## Goals The software task group has the following two goals. 1. To create a thriving commercial ecosystem for CORE-V software tools, models and operating systems. 2. To see those tools, models and operating systems which are open source maintained as part of official upstream distributions. ## How we achieve our goals We expect the work to be achieved in two ways. - Contributions in kind from member companies. - Commercial development driven by CORE-V users. The work will need to be carried out by the wider OpenHW community and others. The role of the Software Task Group is to be the "shepherd" of this activity. **Note.** Because this is a very large task, the Software Task Group will need to set priorities, with early selection of the software to be supported first. ## How we measure progress We identify one short term measure of progress. - Meeting the needs of the Verification Task Group Strategic progress will be measured in the following ways. - How many commercial offerings for tools are seen. - Acceptance of open source CORE-V tools upstream.
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