Port littlefs to RTEMS – guidance for GSoC 2026

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Hi everyone,

I came across the issue about porting littlefs to RTEMS (created by Amar Takhar) and I’m interested in exploring this as a possible GSoC 2026 project.

littlefs looks like a good fit for RTEMS, especially for embedded systems using flash storage (power-loss resilience, wear leveling, small memory footprint). I’d like to start understanding how littlefs could be integrated into RTEMS and what the expected scope of such a port would be.

I had a few questions before diving in:

  • Is there any prior discussion or partial work related to littlefs in RTEMS?
  • What kind of testing setup is expected initially (RAM disk, disk image, or hardware)?
  • Are there any recommended starting points or documents to look at first?
  • Anything specific to keep in mind when evaluating littlefs for RTEMS?

Thanks! Any guidance would be really helpful.

— Asif

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Have a look at GSoC project Interest: LittleFS - #5 by prakhar

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i will look into that

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I’ve completed the RTEMS setup for i386/pc686, built and installed RTEMS, and successfully ran the fileio test in QEMU .I’ll now start looking into the filesystem layers in RTEMS as the next step.

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Thanks, please ask your questions etc. on the other post.