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As discussed on the list, move "arch/ppc" to "arch/powerpc" to better match the Linux directory structure. Please note that this patch also changes the "ppc" target in MAKEALL to "powerpc" to match this new infrastructure. But "ppc" is kept as an alias for now, to not break compatibility with scripts using this name. Signed-off-by: Stefan Roese <sr@denx.de> Acked-by: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de> Acked-by: Detlev Zundel <dzu@denx.de> Acked-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@freescale.com> Cc: Peter Tyser <ptyser@xes-inc.com> Cc: Anatolij Gustschin <agust@denx.de> |
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| api_net.c | ||
| api_platform-arm.c | ||
| api_platform-powerpc.c | ||
| api_private.h | ||
| api_storage.c | ||
| Makefile | ||
| README | ||
U-Boot machine/arch independent API for external apps
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1. Main assumptions
- there is a single entry point (syscall) to the API
- per current design the syscall is a C-callable function in the U-Boot
text, which might evolve into a real syscall using machine exception trap
once this initial version proves functional
- the consumer app is responsible for producing appropriate context (call
number and arguments)
- upon entry, the syscall dispatches the call to other (existing) U-Boot
functional areas like networking or storage operations
- consumer application will recognize the API is available by searching
a specified (assumed by convention) range of address space for the
signature
- the U-Boot integral part of the API is meant to be thin and non-intrusive,
leaving as much processing as possible on the consumer application side,
for example it doesn't keep states, but relies on hints from the app and
so on
- optional (CONFIG_API)
2. Calls
- console related (getc, putc, tstc etc.)
- system (reset, platform info)
- time (delay, current)
- env vars (enumerate all, get, set)
- devices (enumerate all, open, close, read, write); currently two classes
of devices are recognized and supported: network and storage (ide, scsi,
usb etc.)
3. Structure overview
- core API, integral part of U-Boot, mandatory
- implements the single entry point (mimics UNIX syscall)
- glue
- entry point at the consumer side, allows to make syscall, mandatory
part
- helper conveniency wrappers so that consumer app does not have to use
the syscall directly, but in a more friendly manner (a la libc calls),
optional part
- consumer application
- calls directly, or leverages the provided glue mid-layer