A if `netdev_driver_t::confirm_send()` is provided, it provides the
new netdev API. However, detecting the API at runtime and handling
both API styles comes at a cost. This can be optimized in case only
new or only old style netdevs are in use.
To do so, this adds the pseudo modules `netdev_legacy_api` and
`netdev_new_api`. As right now no netdev actually implements the new
API, all netdevs pull in `netdev_legacy_api`. If `netdev_legacy_api` is
in used but `netdev_new_api` is not, we can safely assume at compile
time that only legacy netdevs are in use. Similar, if only
`netdev_new_api` is used, only support for the new API is needed. Only
when both are in use, run time checks are needed.
This provides two helper function to check for a netif if the
corresponding netdev implements the old or the new API. (With one
being the inverse of the other.) They are suitable for constant folding
when only new or only legacy devices are in use. Consequently, dead
branches should be eliminated by the optimizer.
Allow issuing a reset to bootloader sequence by abusing the RTS and
the DTR pins of a TTL adapter. This makes flashing via UART much
more convenient, as no jumpers need to be placed to select booting to
the bootloader / flash and no reset buttons need to be pressed.
Using `UART_DEV(0)` (UASRT1) for stdio allows to use the same TTL
adapter that is used for programming via `stm32flash` to be used for
serial, without re-wiring after flashing.
To control the compilation of NimBLE modules `nimble_*_ext` that require the Bluetooth 5 Advertising Extension, the `ble_adv_ext` is introduced to indicate that a platform supports this feature.
These BLE_* features are not necessarily nRF5x specific and should be defined as common features. The commit also fixes the alphabetical order for HAS_RUST_TARGET.
Presently, RIOT just emits a warning when a stack overflow is
encountered but still resumes execution. In my view, execution should be
aborted as the detection of a stack overflows via the heuristic provided
by the scheduler is an unrecoverable error.
I ran into this while performing automated tests of a RIOT application
where a stack overflow occurred but I only noticed this after inspecting
the application output more closely.
Similar to SSP failures, I added crash_code for stack overflows.
