This fixes the JTAG flasher which needs a hw_reset
This is needed since the standard jtag reset command does not work
Since FLASHFILE is assigned in the jlink makefile only the bsl needs something
The FLASHFILE is assigned a hex since the bin takes much longer to flash
The mips-malta board is a maintainance burden, has no working UART input
and is unobtainable and thus must be removed.
1. Unobtainable board
=====================
The mips-malta board is not an off-the-shelf part. A quick web
search only show the MIPS website where one is told to "contact sales".
I could find it on ebay, used, at €155 and from single seller.
Not having access to the board means:
a. We cannot maintain it. In fact it could be broken right now.
b. Potential RIOT uses have not access to the board either. In other
words, it is pointless to run on hardware nobody has.
2. No working UART input
========================
Not all applications need UART input, but that is no excuse for not supporting
it:
a. Makes development & debugging way harder.
b. It is impossible to run interactive tests.
b.1. Constrains the rest of the platforms by providing an incentive to not
make tests interactive.
c. The lack of UART is a witness to the poor quality of the port.
I want to stress point (c). If something as basic as a serial port cannot work,
how can we expect more complex fucntionality to work. The answer is impossible
to know, because of point (1).
3. Maintainance burden
======================
The RIOT project has limited time and human resources which can be better spent.
a. Compiling for mips-malta wastes CPU time.
b. Blacklisting the board in the test wastes contributor's time.
c. Adapting the board's makefile during build system rework takes time and makes
the reworks harder.
c.1. Add to that that the changes are most of the time not even tested on the board
because of (1). Look at the github issues/PRs and you will see it.
d. Developers usually stick to the lowest common denominator. Issue (2) sets this
denominator unacceptably low.
MIPS platform in general
========================
In commits I will address general issues in the MIPS platform and why it should all
be removed.
This is needed for those who do not know about searching the periph conf
It gives some hints on how to physically locate you board if connecting up sensors
cpu/stm32_common: cleanup periph eth
boards/nucleo-f767zi: cleanup dependencies
boards/nucleo-f767zi: fix dma configuration attribute for eth
examples/default: add nucleo-767zi in boards with netif
drivers/stm_32_eth: Add header guard for eth_config
Co-authored-By: Robin <robin@chilio.net>
stm32eth: Move to stm32_common periph
cpu/stm32_periph_eth: Rebase to current master branch
- Update DMA to use new vendor headers
- Update send to use iolist. It looks like the packet headers are now transfered as seperate iolist entries which results in the eth periph sending each header as own packet. To fix this a rather ugly workaround is used where the whole iolist content is first copied to a static buffer. This will be fixed soon in another commit
- If MAC is set to zero use luid to generate one
- Small code style fixes
cpu/stm312f7: Add periph config for on-board ethernet
boards/nucleo-f767zi: Add config for on board ethernet
tests/stm32_eth_lwip: Remove board restriction
boards/common/nucleo: Add luid module if stm32 ethernet is used
tests/stm32_eth_gnrc: Add Testcase for gnrc using the stm32 eth periph
stm32_eth: Rework netdev driver layour
tests/stm32_eth_*: Use netdev driver header file for prototypes
stm32_eth: Add auto init for stm32 eth netdev driver
boards/stm32: Enable ethernet conf for nucleo boards
stm32_eth_auto_init: Add dont be pendantic flag
stm32_eth: Remove dma specific stuff from periph_cpu.h
Looks like this was implemented in PR #9171 and 021697ae94 with the same interface.
stm32_eth: Remove eth feature from stm32f4discovery boards
stm32_eth: Migrate to stm32 DMA API
stm32_eth: Add iolist to module deps
stm32_eth: Rework send function to use iolist
stm32_eth: Fix ci build warnings
stm32_eth: Fix bug introduced with iolist usage
stm32_eth: Remove redundant static buffer
stm32_eth: Fix feature dependencies
stm32_eth: Fix wrong header guard name
stm32_eth: Implement correct l2 netstats interface
stm32_eth: Rename public functions to stm32_eth_*
stm32_eth: Fix doccheck
stm32_eth: Move register DEFINE to appropriate header file
stm32_eth: remove untested configuration for f446ze boards
stm32_eth: Move periph configuration struct to stm32_common
stm32_eth: Fix naming of eth_phy_read and eth_phy_write
stm32_eth: Remove obsolete test applications
drivers/eth-phy: add generic Ethernet PHY iface
cpu/stm32f4: implement eth driver peripheral
This implements the ethernet (MAC) peripheral of the stm32f4 as a
netdev driver.
boards/stm32f4discovery: add eth configuration
boards/stm32f4discovery: add feature stm32_eth
tests/stm32_eth_lwip: add test application
The softdevice is only verified to be working on nrf52832-based
boards. This feature prevents the softdevice from being build for
other, similar targets (e.g. nrf52840-based boards).
Introduce and use a common/remote/Makefile.features.
The boards were already using the common `Makefile.include` and
`Makefile.dep`.
This makes 'include $(RIOTCPU)/cc2538/Makefile.features' be done in
the same module where 'CPU' is defined.
Preparation for moving 'CPU' definition to Makefile.features.
Introduce and use a common/msba2/Makefile.features.
The boards were already using the common `Makefile.include` and
`Makefile.dep`.
This makes 'include $(RIOTCPU)/lpc2387/Makefile.features' be done in
the same module where 'CPU' is defined.
Preparation for moving 'CPU' definition to Makefile.features.
Previously this code was compiled unconditionally which might result in
a linking error since qdecs_value is not defined if the periph_qdec
module isn't enabled.
- Updated outdated information
- Fixed Markdown to generate desired output
- Replaced references to source code by references to their documentation
- Correct use of units (b = bit, B = byte, Ki = 1024, K = 1000, ...)
It seems the doc was not added during the port.
This adds documentation similar to the openmote-cc2538.
This also expands on some flashing issues that have occurred.
The board is flashing using a binary file and not a 'hex' file.
I did not update the documentation when renaming the variable.
The comment was copied from the other boards using 'fscopy' and a
hexfile.
