[PATCH 07/18] config: Bring back RTEMS 4.11 configuration table

[Chris Johns]

On 16/2/20 6:19 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> On 16/02/2020 00:30, Chris Johns wrote:
>> On 2020-02-15 03:02, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>>> This improves API backward compatibility of RTEMS 5.1 to previous
>>> versions.
>>
>> What is the purpose of this change? How does a user wanting backward
>> compatibility use this change?
> There may be applications which used
> rtems_configuration_get_rtems_api_configuration() for diagnostic purposes.
>>
>> How long do we maintain this interface?
> As long as we have a Classic API.
>>
>> We clearly document users should not create configuration tables and you are
>> working to provide solid interfaces yet we have an interface for backwards
>> compatibility.
> We have two interfaces, one that creates the configuration, the documented
> interface for this is <rtems/confdefs.h> and the configure option. The second
> interface is there to query the configuration. This is done through the
> rtems_configuration_*() macros/functions. This patch restores backward
> compatibility for the configuration query API.
>>
>> Why in this specific case do we have to do this? Is there an app or user in
>> mind that needs this?
> No, I just thought it is a good idea to keep the configuration query API intact.

I agree. I did not pick up this change is about the query.

Thanks
Chris