Welcome to Open-CMSIS-Pack Project Home

The project vision:

Create a flexible and easy to use end to end development flow - from project creation to execution of the software on real or virtual hardware - for embedded software that supports:

• command line, CI and IDEs that are cloud or host based
• at least windows, linux on x86 and arm,  and macOS host operating systems
• multiple toolchains for building libraries and executables
• multiple dependent projects targeting different contexts of the same hardware or the same context of different hardware
• multiple configuration for fine tuning settings and selections for reusing projects for different use cases like test, debug and release
• usage of meta information for devices, boards and software components shared via publicly hosted and privately maintained software packs with the aim to maximize ease of use and reuse
• definition and management of hardware resources that enables the processing of template files to create context specific configuration files (e.g. linker script)
• distribution, sharing and reuse of complex multi-projects (solution), projects and partial projects (layers)
• hardware specific programming and debug of complex, dependent project executables
• discovery of boards, devices, processors as well as software components, layers, projects, solutions and packs
• tools and methodologies for creating, maintaining and validating a distributable
• training material and documentation for developers and end-users

Help Wanted

There is still a lot do. Do you want to get involved? 

Look at the areas below and visit the associated repositories to learn more. We currently use C++ and GO, depending on the project.

Join our weekly meetings.

The project aims: (https://www.Open-CMSIS-Pack.org)

• Lead the evolution of the definition of the CMSIS-Pack specification
  • The project uses github issues to discuss input: https://github.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack/Open-CMSIS-Pack-Spec/issues/new/choose 
  • Doxygen based documentation: https://github.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack/Open-CMSIS-Pack-Spec/tree/main/doxygen
    • Any update to the specification requires an update of the Schema and PackChk utility
• Backed by documentation and training material
  • View - https://open-cmsis-pack.github.io/Open-CMSIS-Pack
• CLI tools for major host platforms targeting:
  • Package creation and validation
    • packgen https://github.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack/devtools/tree/main/tools/packgen - create a software pack for a Cmake based software repository
    • schema validation of the package description: https://github.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack/Open-CMSIS-Pack-Spec/blob/main/schema/PACK.xsd - using tools like xmllint.
    • packchk https://github.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack/devtools/tree/main/tools/packchk - semantic validation of a software pack description and the archive content
  • Package management including discovery of components, devices, boards and examples
    • cpackget https://github.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack/cpackget - download, add and remove packs and local repositories to CMSIS_PACK_ROOT
  • Project management for constructing projects from local files and components
    • projmgr https://github.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack/devtools/tree/main/tools/projmgr - yml formatted solution/project/layer descriptions.
  • Project build management
    • buildmgr (aka CMSIS-Build) https://github.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack/devtools/tree/main/tools/buildmgr - converting a single target, single configuration project (XML: cprj) into a CMake build 
  • Package index utilities
    • vidx2pidx https://github.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack/vidx2pidx - create a flat index file from a vendor index file (a public index file is maintained here: www.keil.com/pack/index.pidx (vendor index: www.keil.com/pack/keil.vidx)
  • Shared Components (C++) - shared by genpack, packchk, buildmgr, projmgr
    • e.g. RTE Data Model: https://github.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack/devtools/tree/main/libs/rtemodel

Open-CMSIS-Pack Project:

• Source Repository Organization: github.com/Open-CMSIS-Pack
• Scheduled meetings: weekly Technical Project Meetings - Tuesdays 16:00 - 17:00 CET - https://linaro-org.zoom.us/j/98302382714?pwd=SVdtS0ZGWlg1cXVBRU9JUkpNa21CUT09

• Working Group (WG) Meeting Notes: Meeting notes

• Key contacts:
  • Bill.Fletcher@linaro.org
  • Anmar.Oueja@linaro.org
  • Joachim.Krech@arm.com (Project Lead)
• Mailing list:
  • register/unregister here: https://op-lists.linaro.org/mailman3/lists/open-cmsis-pack-dev.op-lists.linaro.org/
• Jira project Open-CMSIS-Pack