TOPPERS/ASP Kernel (Release 1.7.0) Toyohashi Open Platform for Embedded Real-Time Systems/ Advanced Standard Profile Kernel The TOPPERS/ASP kernel (hereinafter ASP kernel), as the foundation for the new generation of TOPPERS real-time kernels, a real-time kernel developed by TOPPERS Project. It is extended and improved based on TOPPERS/JSP, a real-time kernel based on the standard profile of uITRON4.0. [files to read] doc/user.txt is the user manual of ASP kernel. To use ASP kernel, please read this document at first. [file review] To read the documents (plain text) and source code of ASP, please set TAP = 4 spaces. [use conditions] To use ASP kernel, TOPPERS license must be followed. FAQ about TOPPERS License is in the following link. http://www.toppers.jp/faq/faq_ct12.html [question, bug report, comments] The comments to make ASP kernel better are welcome. About the question, bug report, comments etc., for TOPPERS member, please send to TOPPERS developer mailing list (dev@toppers.jp), or to the bug tracing system (Trac), for others, please send to the TOPPERS user mailing list (user@toppers.jp). How to subscribe the TOPPERS user mailing list, please refer the following link. http://www.toppers.jp/community.html [about porting] You are welcome to contact us to port ASP kernel to new target. The pre-condition is the new porting will be open sourced by TOPPERS Project. [future plan] The possible important changes of ASP kernel after Release 1.8 is as follow. * Import TOPPERS Embedded Component System (TECS). At present, there is a ASP kernel in TECS release package, but in the future it is possible to import TECS into ASP release package.