GSoC 2026: Introduction and proof

Hello everyone,

My name is Shravan A Y, and I am currently pursuing a second-year Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. My interests include systems software, embedded software, and low-level programming.
I have completed the prerequisite task described in the GSoC Starter’s Guide.


Environment

  • Host OS: Arch Linux (x86_64)
  • RTEMS Version: RTEMS 7
  • BSP: i386/pc686
  • Execution: The modified Hello World example was built and run successfully

Screenshot


Patch

From 0e471d4d05d868c7675bb5ba5080d1395b1afb0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shravan A Y <shravanay205@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:09:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] testsuites/samples/hello: modify helloworld greeting

---
 testsuites/samples/hello/init.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/testsuites/samples/hello/init.c b/testsuites/samples/hello/init.c
index c9f07118c5..0297b89755 100644
--- a/testsuites/samples/hello/init.c
+++ b/testsuites/samples/hello/init.c
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ static rtems_task Init(
 
   rtems_print_printer_fprintf_putc(&rtems_test_printer);
   TEST_BEGIN();
-  printf( "Hello World\n" );
+  printf( "Hello from Shravan\n" );
+  printf( "RTEMS version: %s\n", rtems_get_version_string());
   TEST_END();
   rtems_test_exit( 0 );
 }
-- 
2.52.0



Regards,
Shravan A Y

Thanks, please add yourself to tracking/2026 · main · RTEMS / Programs / Google Summer of Code · GitLab

Have a look at last year’s directory for some idea how to structure your personal page if you’d like some inspiration.