Hi, I can test the new BSP variant on my Nucleo board. Let me know when you have pushed the changes.
Kind Regards Robin On Sun, 10 Jan 2021 at 01:02, Chris Johns <chr...@rtems.org> wrote: > On 9/1/21 7:49 am, Sebastian Huber wrote: > > On 08/01/2021 15:30, Joel Sherrill wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 6:58 AM Robin Müller <robin.muelle...@gmail.com > >> <mailto:robin.muelle...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > >> Are they really 12 BSPs or just build variants of this one BSP family? > >> > >> If just variants, I have come full circle on how I feel about having > lots of > >> BSP variants. I have seen multiple cases over the past few months where > a new > >> user only realized their board was supported because it shows up as a > variant > >> or it was explicitly mentioned in the user facing documentation by > model. > >> Either we explicitly have a variant with the model name or the list of > models > >> is in the guide with explicit instructions on how to build for them. We > have > >> the precedence on the Leon3 that we added variants to match specific > hardware > >> because it simplified the presentation to users. Little practical > difference > >> in the code but it makes a better user presentation. > >> > >> I know adding variants adds time to the full build sweep but I no > longer care. > >> It is just more time in the background on fast servers. None of us are > killing > >> time waiting for all the BSPs to do a test build. > > It does effect testing and also releases unless we can tie the build logs > to the > code stability. Filtering the build logs is possible with some scripting > and > procmail but it is another task someone needs to do before it becomes > useful. > > Is it possible to determine from the build configuration which BSPs are > functionally equivalent? We could then minimise the build set and testing > > >> The important thing is that search engines find the board someone is > searching > >> for and find that RTEMS supports it. This is the only > marketing/advertising we > >> have as a project. I think we have to be conscious that Google indexes > our > >> manuals and that if we support something, putting it in the > documentation both > >> helps users and helps market RTEMS. > > Good, I was about to write something similar. Adding a BSP variant is > simple. > > Yes having the boards supported listed is a good thing. > > Chris >
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