BSP .inc files and .cfg files

[Sebastian Huber]

On 16.06.23 03:46, Chris Johns wrote:
> 
> On 16/6/2023 9:04 am, Joel Sherrill wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 5:41 PM Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org
>> <mailto:chrisj at rtems.org>> wrote:
>>
>>      Hi,
>>
>>      Reviewing the RPU patch I noticed a .inc file being added and I wondered why so
>>      I checked the sources and to my surprise found:
>>
>>      rtems.git $ find bsps -name \*.inc
>>      bsps/v850/gdbv850sim/config/v850sim.inc
>>      bsps/m68k/genmcf548x/config/genmcf548x.inc
>>      bsps/m68k/gen68340/include/m68340.inc
>>      bsps/m68k/gen68340/include/m68349.inc
>>      bsps/arm/altera-cyclone-v/config/altcycv.inc
>>      bsps/arm/raspberrypi/config/raspberrypi.inc
>>      bsps/arm/lpc32xx/config/lpc32xx.inc
>>      bsps/arm/beagle/config/beagle.inc
>>      bsps/arm/tms570/config/tms570ls3137.inc
>>      bsps/arm/xilinx-zynqmp/config/xilinx_zynqmp.inc
>>      bsps/arm/xilinx-zynq/config/xilinx_zynq.inc
>>      bsps/arm/lpc24xx/config/lpc17xx.inc
>>      bsps/arm/lpc24xx/config/lpc40xx.inc
>>      bsps/arm/lpc24xx/config/lpc24xx.inc
>>      bsps/arm/lm3s69xx/config/lm3s69xx.inc
>>      bsps/powerpc/gen5200/config/gen5200.inc
>>      bsps/powerpc/tqm8xx/config/tqm8xx.inc
>>      bsps/powerpc/mpc55xxevb/config/mpc55xx.inc
>>      bsps/powerpc/qoriq/config/qoriq.inc
>>      bsps/powerpc/gen83xx/config/gen83xx.inc
>>
>>
>> These likely can. Thinking back, we have cfg files for every BSP
>> variant within a family. They often set a variable like CPU and CPU_CFLAGS
>> and included a shared .inc file. These all appear to be from BSPs which
>> had variants. I think they are remnants and missed when the .cfg files
>> were
>>
>> Would like someone to concur.
>>
>>
>>      And for .cfg there is:
>>
>>      rtems.git $ find bsps -name \*.cfg | wc -l
>>           191
>>
>>
>> Are these installed and used by the application Makefile system. If so, no.
> I cannot see any references in spec but Sebastian is the best person to answer this.

They are definitely not used or installed. I think we still have then 
since they document the post-link actions which are not yet supported by 
the new build system.

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