odp-embedded-controller

Public reference and demo firmware for Embedded Controllers (EC) built on Open Device Partnership components. This repository contains development targets suitable for experimentation, integration testing, and as a starting point for downstream EC projects.

Scope

This repository hosts the three public dev-* development targets and their shared platform-common library. Vendor- and silicon-specific production platforms are maintained separately and are not in scope here.

Platforms

Crate	Role	Target
platform-common	Shared no_std library crate — HAL traits, board abstractions, common services	(library, no build target)
dev-imxrt	Development target on NXP i.MXRT685S (Cortex-M33)	thumbv8m.main-none-eabihf
dev-npcx	Development target on Nuvoton NPCX498M (Cortex-M4F)	thumbv7em-none-eabihf
dev-qemu	Development target under QEMU virt machine (RISC-V 32-bit)	riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf

platform-common is consumed by each dev-* crate and contains no platform-specific code.

Toolchain

Toolchain channel and targets are pinned in rust-toolchain.toml:

• Channel: stable
• Pre-installed targets: thumbv8m.main-none-eabihf, thumbv7em-none-eabihf, riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf
• Components: rust-src, rustfmt, llvm-tools-preview, clippy

All three dev-* targets are installed automatically the first time cargo is invoked inside this repo; no manual rustup target add is required.

dev-imxrt and dev-npcx link via flip-link for stack-overflow protection. Install it once:

cargo install flip-link --locked

Build

Build and lint a single platform:

cd platform/<name>
cargo build --locked
cargo clippy --locked -- -D warnings

For example, to build dev-qemu:

cd platform/dev-qemu
cargo build --locked

Format checks are run per crate:

cd platform/<name>
cargo fmt --check

Dependency policy (licenses, sources, advisories) is enforced by cargo-deny using deny.toml:

cd platform/<name>
cargo deny --locked check

Full local quality gate

scripts/check-all.sh runs every gate (fmt + build + clippy -D warnings + cargo-deny) across all three dev-* platforms — the same checks CI runs:

bash scripts/check-all.sh

It installs flip-link on demand and skips cargo-deny gracefully if it isn't installed. Run it before opening a PR to reproduce CI locally.

Troubleshooting

• linker 'flip-link' not found — building dev-imxrt or dev-npcx requires flip-link. Install with cargo install flip-link --locked.
• unsupported target from semihosting — make sure you're running cargo from inside a platform/<name>/ directory so .cargo/config.toml is picked up (it sets the build target). Building with --manifest-path from the repo root bypasses the per-platform target config and will fail for dev-qemu.
• can't find crate for 'core' — the toolchain file targets didn't install. Run rustup show from the repo root to force installation, or rustup target add <target> explicitly.

Continuous Integration

CI lives under .github/workflows/:

• check.yml — per-platform fmt, clippy, build, doc, cargo-hack, cargo-deny, cargo-machete, and msrv across the public matrix (dev-imxrt, dev-npcx, dev-qemu).
• nostd.yml — verifies platform-common and dev-* remain no_std-clean.
• benchmark.yml, rolling.yml — secondary lanes (binsize tracking on dev-imxrt/dev-npcx; nightly dep update verification).

Contributing

Code review ownership is defined in CODEOWNERS. Please open issues and PRs against main.

License

Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.