Abstract
In this paper, we present our work in developing a debugger for multiplatform real-time operating system Jet OS designed for civil airborne avionics. This system is being developed in the Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and it is designed to work within Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) architecture and implement ARINC-653 API specification. Jet OS supports work on different architectures such as PowerPC, MIPS, x86 and ARM. Debugger for a real-time OS is an important tool in software development process, but debugger for RTOS is more than typical debugger used by desktop developers and we must take into account all specific features of such debugger. Moreover, we must support debugging on many platforms. However, debugger's code has to be developed for each platform and we faced the problem of porting our debugger to different architecture without developing it from scratch. In addition, the debugger must support work within emulators, because it can expand developers’ capabilities and increase their efficiency. In this paper, we present the architecture of the debugger for JetOS real-time operating system, which provides capabilities for porting our debugger to a new platform in little to no time, and discuss the challenges imposed by multiplatform support in the OS.
Highlights
Application debugger is an indispensable tool in developer’s hands
In this paper we present an on-going project on debugger development for JetOS, a real-time multiplatform operating system that is being developed in the Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences
It is designed to work within Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) architecture and implements ARINC-653 API specification, the de-facto architecture for applied software
Summary
Application debugger is an indispensable tool in developer’s hands. But debugger in a real-time operating system is more than just plain debugger. In this paper we present an on-going project on debugger development for JetOS, a real-time multiplatform operating system that is being developed in the Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences. JetOS is a prototype operating system for civil airborne avionics. It supports PowerPC, MIPS and x86 platforms. The primary objectives of ARINC 653 are deterministic behavior and reliable execution of the functional software. To achieve this ARINC-653 imposes strict requirements on time and space partitioning. Partitions consist of one or more processes, operating concurrently, that share the same address space. QEMU has its own debugger support, its functionality proved to be insufficient for debugging embedded applications. We implemented a debugger for the target hardware, but for the emulator as well
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