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CIP Core project
Overview
The Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) project aims to provide an open source base layer (OSBL) for embedded systems that require super long-term maintenance (SLTS). The OSBL consists of the super long-term support (SLTS) kernel, and the CIP Core packages. The CIP core packages are a set of industrial grade core open source software components and tools. The CIP Core project aims to implement reference file systems that use the CIP Core packages and can be tested on reference hardware.
It is not decided yet which components will be part of the final CIP Core packages. However, the current candidates for the initial component set are show in the figure below.
The CIP Core project will create its file systems from Debian LTS sources and/or binaries and the CIP kernel. In particular, CIP Core defines 2 profiles: tiny and generic. The tiny profile aims at creating file system images that are small in size and very customized. Currently the tiny profile is implemented with Deby (yocto/OE + meta-debian) which builds the file system image from Debian source code. In contrast, the generic profile aims at middle to high-end embedded systems not constrained by size and requiring less customization. Currently the generic profile is implemented with ISAR (bitbake + Debian binaries).
The source code is currently hosted here.
CIP Tiny profile Deby-based images
Deby is a reference distribution built with poky and meta-debian, a layer for the poky build system that allows cross-building file system images from Debian source packages.
The CIP Core project provides reference Deby file systems images that include the CIP Core packages and can be tested on the following reference hardware.
- Renesas RZ/G1M (iwg20m)
- BeagleBone Black
- QEMU x86_64
- Cyclone-V (experimental)
To build the images you need to follow the README for each board. For example, to build CIP Core for the Renesas iwg20m board just follow the instructions in README.IWG20M.txt; and to build CIP Core for the Beaglebone back you can follow the instructions in README.BBB.txt. Also check the Quickstart guide.
CIP Generic profile ISAR-based images
The CIP Core project also plans to provide reference file systems built with ISAR. Currently, the ISAR implementation is located here.
