RTEMS 4.9.5 On-Line Library

Documentation Overview

Getting Started with RTEMS

7.1: Documentation Overview

When writing RTEMS applications, you should find the following manuals useful because they define the calling interface to many of the services provided by RTEMS:

RTEMS Applications C User's Guide describes the Classic RTEMS API based on the RTEID specification.
RTEMS POSIX API User's Guide describes the RTEMS POSIX API that is based on the POSIX 1003.1b API. If there is any place where this manual is thin or unclear, please refer to the OpenGroup Single UNIX Specification. RETEMS tracks that specification for future POSIX revisions.
RTEMS Network Supplement provides information on the network services provided by RTEMS. RTEMS provides a BSD sockets programming interface so any network programming book should be helpful.

In addition, the following manuals from the GNU Cross Compilation Toolset include information on run-time services available.

Cygnus C Support Library describes the Standard C Library functionality provided by Newlib's libc.
Cygnus C Math Library describes the Standard C Math Library functionality provided by Newlib's libm.

Finally, the RTEMS FAQ, Wiki, and mailing list archives are available at http://www.rtems.org.

There is a wealth of documentation available for RTEMS and the GNU tools supporting it. If you run into something that is not clear or missing, bring it to our attention.

Also, some of the RTEMS documentation is still under construction. If you would like to contribute to this effort, please contact the RTEMS Team at rtems-users@rtems.com. If you are interested in sponsoring the development of a new feature, BSP, device driver, port of an existing library, etc., please contact sales@oarcorp.com.

Getting Started with RTEMS