[PATCH 3/6] shgen: Import from RTEMS
Joel Sherrill
joel at rtems.org
Mon Jun 11 06:22:50 UTC 2018
On Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 8:14 AM Sebastian Huber <
sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de> wrote:
> On 11/06/18 08:10, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 11, 2018, 7:53 AM Sebastian Huber
> > <sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de
> > <mailto:sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de>> wrote:
> >
> > On 08/06/18 04:19, Chris Johns wrote:
> > > On 07/06/2018 16:11, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> > >> On 07/06/18 07:53, Chris Johns wrote:
> > >>> On 07/06/2018 15:39, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> > >>>> Corresponding RTEMS commit is
> > 75933d5d25cd50f80162b7a0d2f66a5534e1763f.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Update #3443.
> > >>>> ---
> > >>>> misc/shgen/AUTHORS | 3 +
> > >>>> misc/shgen/COPYING | 340
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >>>> misc/shgen/TODO | 13 ++
> > >>>> misc/shgen/sci.c | 177 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > >>>> misc/shgen/sci.h | 11 ++
> > >>>> misc/shgen/shgen.c | 114 ++++++++++++++++++
> > >>>> misc/wscript | 9 ++
> > >>>> 7 files changed, 667 insertions(+)
> > >>>> create mode 100644 misc/shgen/AUTHORS
> > >>>> create mode 100644 misc/shgen/COPYING
> > >>>> create mode 100644 misc/shgen/TODO
> > >>>> create mode 100644 misc/shgen/sci.c
> > >>>> create mode 100644 misc/shgen/sci.h
> > >>>> create mode 100644 misc/shgen/shgen.c
> > >>>>
> > >>>> diff --git a/misc/shgen/AUTHORS b/misc/shgen/AUTHORS
> > >>>> new file mode 100644
> > >>>> index 0000000..225c2fa
> > >>>> --- /dev/null
> > >>>> +++ b/misc/shgen/AUTHORS
> > >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
> > >>>> +Ralf Corsepius (corsepiu at faw.uni-ulm.de
> > <mailto:corsepiu at faw.uni-ulm.de>)
> > >>>> + * Initial implementation
> > >>>> + * generator for sci bitrate table
> > >>>> diff --git a/misc/shgen/COPYING b/misc/shgen/COPYING
> > >>>> new file mode 100644
> > >>>> index 0000000..8cc2ef7
> > >>>> --- /dev/null
> > >>>> +++ b/misc/shgen/COPYING
> > >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
> > >>>> +
> > >>>> + GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
> > >>> The RTEMS tools is almost clean of GPL code. There is a small
> > piece in the
> > >>> rtemstoolkit I would to replace but I have not done that yet.
> > >> The nios2gen is also GPL (the RTEMS GPL with linking
> > exception). Is this a
> > >> problem?
> > > We are moving to a BSD-2 license so I assumed this is part of
> > that change?
> >
> > Did someone ask Kolja Waschk if he is all right with a license
> change?
> >
> >
> > Not that I know of.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >> The GCC, GDB and Binutils are also GPL.
> > > They are not in this repo. It is about our repos and the
> > compliance obligations
> > > users have with our code base.
> >
> > Ok, then we have a problem with the tools in the RTEMS sources
> > repository. The shgen is GPL, the nios2gen is RTEMS GPL and the
> > rtems-bin2c has no license at all.
> >
> >
> > If shgen is not used in the build now, then it hasn't been used for
> > over a decade. I say kill it to solve that problem.
>
> It is used by the build, see blow in my previous e-mail.
>
> >
> > Rtems-bin2c is old but from OAR. Marked it as 2 paragraph BSD and oar
> > please. I think it dates back to the original RTEMS CVS date of May 1995.
> >
> > I still have a flight and a train left. Please mark bin2c and move
> > that one along.
>
> Sorry, yes, the rtems-bin2c is all right:
>
> * THE "BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 3.1415):
> * sandro AT sigala DOT it wrote this file. As long as you retain this
> * notice you can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some
> * day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in
> * return. Sandro Sigala
> *
> * Subsequently modified by Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com>
> * to add a number of capabilities not in the original.
>
> I really meant the packhex tool, which has this file header:
>
> /***** P A C K H E X . C ************************************************
> *
> * Packhex is a hex-file compaction utility. It attempts to concatenate
> * hex records to produce more size-efficient packaging.
> *
> * Limitations: Input files must be correctly formatted. This utility
> * is not robust enough to detect hex-record formatting
> * errors.
> *
> * Published: May 1993 Embedded Systems Programming magazine
> * "Creating Faster Hex Files"
> *
> * URL: ESP magazine: http://www.embedded.com
> * Source Code:
> ftp://ftp.mfi.com/pub/espmag/1993/pakhex.zip
> *
> * Author: Mark Gringrich
> *
> * Compiler: Microsoft C 6.0
> * cl /F 1000 packhex.c
> *
>
> **************************************************************************/
>
I always assumed providing.code in a magazine like that was an acceptable
license but we are pickier now.
I have treated it as being an "as is" type license.
>
>
> >
> > >
> > >>> Does this tool need to move over?
> > >> I would like to move all host tools out of the RTEMS repository
> > to simplify the
> > >> build. If we get rid of the host tools, then we have only to
> > deal with the
> > >> cross-build tools.
> > > This is a good thing to do, thank you.
> > >
> > >>> Is the sh arch active?
> > >> I don't know.
> > > I suggest we remove this code until someone needs it and can
> > resolve this issue.
> > > The code is in the 4.11 releases so is easy to find.
> >
> > The shgen tool is used to build the gensh1 and gensh2 BSPs to
> > generate
> > the scitab.c source file.
>
Sorry..I missed this.
>
> > One option to get rid of the shgen tool would be to remove the
> > CPU_CLOCK_RATE_HZ BSP option.
>
Ok. Or retroactively deprecate in 4.11
> >
> > >
> > >> There was some activity on this architecture in GCC and Binutils
> > >> recently. Some patents expired. This seemed to resurrect this
> > architecture.
> > >>
> > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperH
> > >>
> > > I saw this. Until there is some activity it is impossible to
> > know where this
> > > will lead.
> >
> > The intention of my tool moves was not to obsolete a complete
> > RTEMS port.
> >
> > --
> > Sebastian Huber, embedded brains GmbH
> >
> > Address : Dornierstr. 4, D-82178 Puchheim, Germany
> > Phone : +49 89 189 47 41-16
> > Fax : +49 89 189 47 41-09
> > E-Mail : sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de
> > <mailto:sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de>
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> >
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> --
> Sebastian Huber, embedded brains GmbH
>
> Address : Dornierstr. 4, D-82178 Puchheim, Germany
> Phone : +49 89 189 47 41-16
> Fax : +49 89 189 47 41-09
> E-Mail : sebastian.huber at embedded-brains.de
> PGP : Public key available on request.
>
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