Rework of Initialization Chapter in BSP Howto

[Chris Johns]

On 5/2/20 5:58 pm, Chris Johns wrote:
> On 5/2/20 5:31 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>> On 05/02/2020 03:09, Chris Johns wrote:
>>> On 4/2/20 8:20 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I reworked the heavily out dated system initialization chapter in the RTEMS
>>>> BSP and Driver Guide:
>>>>
>>>> https://docs.rtems.org/branches/master/bsp-howto/initilization_code.html
>>>>
>>>> I would be happy if some want to review it.
>>> Looks good. I couple of comments ...
>>>
>>> 1. There is no discuss about boot loaders and the various role they play ...
>>>
>>>   Do all BSPs need a boot loader?
>>>   Can some BSP run directly from reset?
>>>   What set up is needed by a bootloader?
>>>
>>> Should there be some context here to guide a user in the area of boot loaders?
>>
>> I am not sure, this guide is for BSP writers. They should know if there is a
>> boot loader or not and what it does.

Thinking about this some more, some people are new to RTEMS, BSP and this level
of coding. I prefer we consider more than those who "should" know. Maybe we
should provide something more to help guide those wanting to know.

After all one of roles of the RTEMS Foundation is education.

Chris