Re: How will user's compile with Makefiles? Was: Re: large bss size for sample applications

2015-09-29 Thread Chris Johns
Hi, Sorry about the slow response. I have been travelling. As Joel points out the current Makefile support for applications can not continue forward in its current form. The method used grew to what it is today and we now have something we cannot sustain. Any refactoring of the building system fo

Re: How will user's compile with Makefiles? Was: Re: large bss size for sample applications

2015-09-29 Thread Thomas Dörfler
Chris, thank you for your detailed posting. Having a stable build interface is important for user acceptance. Setting it on a better-defined basis than the current "it is as it is" makes sense. But before we onnounce it, we should at least have a plan on how it will look like. Otherwise we w

Getting waf RTEMS Build Moving Again

2015-09-29 Thread Joel Sherrill
Hi Now that we are past 4.11 branching (and needing a release cut), it would be great if we could focus on finishing off the waf build infrastructure for RTEMS. If you have built the new network stack, you will have noticed how much faster this builds with waf. There are ~800 files to be built a

Re: How will user's compile with Makefiles? Was: Re: large bss size for sample applications

2015-09-29 Thread Chris Johns
On 30/09/2015 12:22 am, Thomas Dörfler wrote: > But before we onnounce it, we should at least have a plan on how it will > look like. Otherwise we will generate lots of confusion, which does not > lead to anything. Yes this is important. A key feature of the waf build system for RTEMS is getting t