Re: [rfc] exposing MMR's of on-chip peripherals for debuggingpurposes

[Daniel Barkalow]

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> On Jan 28, 2008 7:08 PM, Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Could you submit the XML files and the autogeneration code? The C file
> > isn't really source. Not only is it big, it'll probably change around a
> > whole lot when you make small changes to your process, be hard to review,
> > etc.
> 
> that would require the build system to have xml tools installed ...
> that doesnt sound pleasant.

If they're only required for building blackfin debugging stuff, that 
shouldn't be a big deal. People building embedded kernels with debugging 
from source can probably handle the extra requirement. Setting up a 
cross-compilation toolchain for embedded processors is much trickier than 
getting xml tools.

> that said, the XML files in question are probably 10x+ the size of the
> C file.  swapping 1 meg for 10+ megs ? :)

If it's a bunch of smaller files, and if changes tend to be localized, 
that would be a good tradeoff. Alternatively, have them packaged 
separately, which might be more appropriate anyway if people might want to 
use them for other purposes (on the host when using jtag, perhaps).

	-Daniel
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