plugin first steps

[Daron Chabot]

Joel Sherrill wrote:
>
>>> Although I don't know how actually Sebastian plan to do it, I think  
>>> if we can
>>> automatically extract settings/configurations from Makefiles generated
>>> by configure process, it's an improvement over the current one  
>>> since it'd
>>> require less user input.
>>>     
>>
>> That approach implies some type of parser is required. I'm sure  
>> Sebastian will communicate his ideas here as soon as he's able.
>>   
> I have attached a Makefile which shows how to extract
> a few of the key variables.  It might help as an example.

Thanks, Joel.

>
> Long term, it would be better to generate the Eclipse
> file and just install it along with the BSP.  So try to keep
> this part of the kit very small so it is easy to grab from
> the RTEMS BSP install.

Not sure what you mean by "...generate the Eclipse file"... Could you 
please clarify ?

If we do things properly, RTEMS should know nothing of Eclipse (i.e. 
zero coupling from RTEMS-->Eclipse).

-- dc