GSoC 2026: Introduction And Proof of Work - Alejandro

Hi everyone,

My name is Alejandro Gasca, and I am a Computer Engineering student at the University of Zaragoza (4th year) and I am interested in contributing to RTEMS for GSoC 2026.

Proof of Work
Commit:

From b1e2e31cd898e627360f87db7b6cd23d1f88d23a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alejandro Gasca <alejandro3gps@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:52:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update hello world message for GSoC proof

---
 testsuites/samples/hello/init.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/testsuites/samples/hello/init.c b/testsuites/samples/hello/init.c
index 76b939818a..df2d91e49b 100644
--- a/testsuites/samples/hello/init.c
+++ b/testsuites/samples/hello/init.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <rtems.h>
 #include <tmacros.h>
 
-const char rtems_test_name[] = "HELLO WORLD";
+const char rtems_test_name[] = "HELLO FROM THE DARK SIDE :)\n";
 
 static rtems_task Init( rtems_task_argument ignored )
 {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static rtems_task Init( rtems_task_argument ignored )
 
   rtems_print_printer_fprintf_putc( &rtems_test_printer );
   TEST_BEGIN();
-  printf( "Hello World\n" );
+  printf( "Hello World from the dark side:)\n" );
   TEST_END();
   rtems_test_exit( 0 );
 }
-- 
2.43.0

Thanks

Thanks, you can add yourself to tracking/2026 · main · RTEMS / Programs / Google Summer of Code · GitLab and discuss your project interest, search for existing topics or open a new one. That said, it is probably too late to be competitive in this round of GSoC.