Use test_utils_interactive_sync for synchronizing some case treat
the output before `reset` as the start of the test,
which fails for some boards/configurations.
Changes the test so that EVENT_QUEUE_INIT_DETACHED is used for the initialization of detached event queue. Without this change, a compilation problem was not recognized for ESP8266, MSP430 and MIPS.
Previously this was not tested and excepted KERNEL_PID_UNDEF == 0 as
legal value for received `gnrc_netif_hdr`s (which except for the
loopback interface is wrong)
The evtimer_msg test is expanded to also delete entries.
Furthermore the messages that are printed should now show
numbers that are very close (if not equal). Something like
this:
At 740 ms received msg 0: "#2 supposed to be 740"
At 1081 ms received msg 1: "#0 supposed to be 1081"
At 1581 ms received msg 2: "#1 supposed to be 1581"
At 4035 ms received msg 3: "#3 supposed to be 4035"
The function evtimer_print is also called to show the
intermediate status of evtimer entries.
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.
Adding saml1[01]-xpro, nucleo-f302r8|f334r8 to
BOARDS_INSUFFICIENT_MEMORY.
The riotboot build fails because it only offers half the flash size (per
slot), compared to before where the default build would not use riotboot
at all, thus have double the flash (but being useless).
... if the riotboot feature is used.
Previously, even an application that had "FEATURES_REQUIRED += riotboot"
set would still flash the non-riotboot binary on "make flash".
This is usualy not what the user wants.
This commit set's the FLASHFILE variable to the combined "riotboot
bootloader + slot0 + empty slot1" binary. This has the effect that make
all, flash and flash-only will compile and/or flash a working riotboot
setup.
tests/riotboot and tests/riotboot_flashwrite now default to flashing the
riotboot-extended binary. tests/riotboot was previously configured to
use the riotboot-combined binary. This has been changed in order to not
behave differently than how usual riotboot applications do.
