Rework of Initialization Chapter in BSP Howto

[Sebastian Huber]

On 05/02/2020 22:13, Chris Johns wrote:
> 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.

I added a ticket for this:

https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/3867