Does the one true way include linker scripts?

On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Joel Sherrill
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to focus first on "The One True Way" a BSP is supposed to do things, 
> automate detecting violations, and fix as much as we can. Start with 
> interrupt and PCI.. move on to things like does the BSP have reset and is it 
> on the expected filename?
>
> A by product of this work should be more rules and checks for them.
>
> "Rempel, Cynthia" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>________________________________________
>>From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf 
>>of Matt Wette [[email protected]]
>>Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 5:28 PM
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: Re: [GSOC] Unified APIs Project
>>
>>Is there any interest in a "syscall" API that would allow future expansion 
>>into supporting "protected regions" of code?
>
> Thank you for taking an interest in the Unified API project!
>
> We could make adding a "syscall" API another open project on:
> http://www.rtems.org/wiki/index.php/Open_Projects
>
> We would probably want to concentrate on well-used, properly licensed for 
> deeply embedded applications, syscall API (such as syscalls.master from BSD.)
>
>>>On Jun 3, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Vipul Nayyar wrote:
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>Being accepted into GSOC with RTEMS is very exciting. This has been possible 
>>>due to the constant support of Joel & Cynthia. A special >>thanks to Gedare 
>>>for an in depth criticization of my proposal, which helped me improve it.
>>>
>>>I'll be working this summer on the 'Unified APIs' Project. The main task 
>>>required for this project is to ensure that in areas where BSP
>>>support capabilities and APIs have evolved over the years, all the code 
>>>there is moved to the latest version and any older
>>>implementations and inconsistencies across targets and BSPs are killed. The 
>>>various components of this project are :
>>>
>>>  *   Generalize the PIC interrupt support in sparc to support any other 
>>> simple vectored architecture.
>>>  *   Spot discrepancies in file usage in various BSPs with PCI support.
>>>  *   Review/Cleanup header files, which are publicly installed by different 
>>> BSPs , since this is the area having the most variation in coding style.
>>>  *   Unify naming styles, used for the same files in different BSPs, so as 
>>> to have consistent file names for the same supporting capability.
>>>My full length proposal can be found at 
>>>http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2013/vipulnayyar/1
>>> , and 
>>>>>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oDp4E9_Wof4wBJaMJJIFoPqtu5fbTdsKwEcz-5qkazw/edit?usp=sharing
>>>As suggested by my mentor, I believe community input would act as an 
>>>integral part of my work. So, I'm looking forward enthusiastically to 
>>>working with you guys.
>>>Hoping for a great Summer !!!
>>>Regards
>>>Vipul Nayyar
>
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