[PATCH] build: Add "family/" prefix to BSP familiy enable

[Sebastian Huber]

On 22/07/2021 10:47, Chris Johns wrote:
> On 22/7/21 6:37 pm, Sebastian Huber wrote:
>> On 22/07/2021 10:33, Chris Johns wrote:
>>>>> and so the arch part is not
>>>>> really needed. My concern is this type code ...
>>>>>
>>>>> https://git.rtems.org/rtems_waf/tree/rtems.py#n758
>>>>>
>>>>> that breaks. Is this an issue? I think a single `/` in a BSP or family is
>>>>> cleaner.
>>>> Why is this an issue? This BSP family stuff is local to the RTEMS build system.
>>> Currently. It is about the symmetry of the naming and how it would look from
>>> outside. Nothing more.
>> You mean that maybe someone wants to build an application or library for a BSP
>> family? I guess this is currently not supported, but you could do this with the
>> "bsps/powerpc/motorola_powerpc" approach.
> Yes it could happen and this is where the symmetry and the existing code
> matters. For example with `bsps/motorola_powerpc` the code can be easily or
> cleanly extended by looking for `bsps` as an arch and knowing that is a
> `family`. Otherwise the error is `invalid arch/bsp` and then you need check two
> lengths etc etc.

If you want to add this feature, then you have to update the code 
anyway. You have to figure out which BSPs belong to a family for example.

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