-/** @page thelist Pending and Open Tasks
+/** @page tasks Pending and Open Tasks
This page lists pending and open tasks being considered or worked upon
by the OpenOCD community.
+@section thelist The List
Items with a current patch available should include a link to its
posting on the openocd-developer mailing list archives.
Feel free to send patches to add or clarify items on this list, too.
-@verbatim
-==================================================================
- The List
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-@endverbatim
-
-- JTAG/TAP changes:
- - update all drivers to use tap_get_tms_path_len API.
- - use tap_set_state everywhere to allow logging TAP state transitions
- - rename other tap_states to use standard JTAG names (suggested by ML)
- - retire jtag_add_end_state() and replace w/global variable. This also
- removes TAP_INVALID as an argument to jtag_add_xxxx(). The global variable
- as argument to jtag_add_xxxx() should eventually be phased out, but
- the global variable is useful in an interim phase where one needs to
- be bug by bug compatible before each change can be tested. Suggested
- by ØH. Michael Bruck also interested in this.
-
-- JTAG Interfaces:
- - autodetect devices present on the scan chain
- - implement 'discover_taps' command
- - FT2232 driver: (DH)
- - integrate FTD2XX High-Speed Device support
- - PATCH: https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-April/005479.html
- - massive set of changes (DH):
- - fixes non-recoverability of cable connect/reconnect
- - https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006011.html
- - further cleanup (DH):
- - PATCH: https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006112.html
- - fix outstanding bugs
- - J-Link driver: (ZW)
- - fix outstanding bugs
- - test with known targets (i.e. working with other interfaces)
- - test compatibility between v6.0 (yellow) and older units (e.g. v5.2)
- - TCP driver:
- - add TCP/IP client and server for remote JTAG interface control
- - Do others need some help? Probably....
-
-- Other Interfaces
- - SVF/XSVF:
- - pending tasks??
- - SPI/UART emulation:
- - (ab)use bit-banging JTAG interfaces to emulate SPI/UART
- - allow SPI to program flash, MCUs, etc.
- - SWD
-
-- Target Support:
- - general layer cleanup:
- - https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006590.html
- - ARM11 improvements (MB?)
- - fix single stepping (reported by ØH)
- - implement missing functionality (grep FNC_INFO_NOTIMPLEMENTED ...)
- - Cortex A8 support (ML)
- - add target implementation (ML)
- - what else remains to be done?
- - MC1322x support (JW/DE?)
- - integrate and test support from JW (and DE?)
- - get working with a known good interface (i.e. not today's jlink)
- - AT91SAM92xx:
- - improvements for unknown-board-atmel-at91sam9260.cfg (RD)
- - STR9x: (ZW)
- - improvements to str912.cfg to be more general purpose
- - AVR: (SQ)
- - independently verify implementation
- - incrementally improve working prototype in trunk. (SQ)
- - work out how to debug this target
- - AVR debugging protocol.
- - FPGA:
- - improve things (??)
- - Coldfire (suggested by NC)
- - can we draw from the BDM project? @par
- http://bdm.sourceforge.net/
-
- - other targets? (suggestions always welcome)
-
-- CFI:
- - finish implementing bus width/chip width handling (suggested by NC)
- - factor vendor-specific code into separate source files
+@section thelisttcl TCL
+
+This section provides possible things to improve with OpenOCD's TCL support.
+
+- organize the TCL configurations:
+ - provide more directory structure for boards/targets?
+ - factor configurations into layers (encapsulation and re-use)
+
+- Isolate all TCL command support:
+ - Pure C CLI implementations using --disable-builtin-tcl.
+ - Allow developers to build new dongles using OpenOCD's JTAG core.
+ - At first, provide only low-level JTAG support; target layer and
+ above rely heavily on scripting event mechanisms.
+ - Allow full TCL support? add --with-tcl=/path/to/installed/tcl
+ - Move TCL support out of foo.[ch] and into foo_tcl.[ch] (other ideas?)
+
+@section thelistjtag JTAG
+
+This section list issues that need to be resolved in the JTAG layer.
+
+@subsection thelistjtagcore JTAG Core
+
+The following tasks have been suggeted for cleaning up the JTAG layer:
+
+- use tap_set_state everywhere to allow logging TAP state transitions
+- rename other tap_states to use standard JTAG names (suggested by ML)
+- retire jtag_add_end_state() and replace w/global variable:
+ - removes TAP_INVALID as an argument to jtag_add_xxxx().
+ - global variable as argument to jtag_add_xxxx() should be phased out, but
+ it is useful while we need to bug-by-bug compatible while testing changes.
+ - Suggested by ØH. Michael Bruck also interested in this.
+- Encapsulate cmd_queue_cur_state and related varaible handling.
+
+The following tasks have been suggested for adding new core JTAG support:
+
+- autodetect devices present on the scan chain
+ - implement 'discover_taps' command
+- SPI/UART emulation:
+ - (ab)use bit-banging JTAG interfaces to emulate SPI/UART
+ - allow SPI to program flash, MCUs, etc.
+
+@subsection thelistjtaginterfaces JTAG Interfaces
+
+The following tasks have been suggeted for improving OpenOCD's JTAG
+interface support:
+
+- rework USB communication to be more robust. Two possible options are:
+ -# use libusb-1.0.1 with libusb-compat-0.1.1 (non-blocking I/O wrapper)
+ -# rewrite implementation to use non-blocking I/O
+- FT2232 driver:
+ - integrate FTD2XX High-Speed Device support @par
+ PATCH: https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-April/005479.html
+ - fix outstanding bugs
+- J-Link driver:
+ - fix to work with long scan chains, such as R.Doss's svf test.
+ - fix other outstanding bugs
+
+The following tasks have been suggested for adding new JTAG interfaces:
+
+- TCP driver: allow client/server for remote JTAG interface control.
+
+@section thelistswd Serial Wire Debug
+
+- implement Serial Wire Debug interface
+
+@section thelistbs Boundary Scan Support
+
+- add STAPL support?
+- add BSDL support?
+
+A few possible options for the above:
+ -# Fake a TCL equivalent?
+ -# Integrate an existing library?
+ -# Write a new C implementation a la Jim?
+
+Once the above are completed:
+- add support for programming flash using boundary scan techniques
+- add integration with a modified gerber view program:
+ - provide means to view the PCB and select pins and traces
+ - allow use-cases such as the following:
+ - @b Stimulus
+ -# Double-click on a pin (or trace) with the mouse.
+ - @b Effects
+ -# The trace starts blinking, and
+ -# OpenOCD toggles the pin(s) 0/1.
+
+@section thelisttargets Target Support
+
+- general layer cleanup:
+ - https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006590.html
+- ARM11 improvements (MB?)
+ - fix single stepping (reported by ØH)
+ - implement missing functionality (grep FNC_INFO_NOTIMPLEMENTED ...)
+- Cortex A8 support (ML)
+ - add target implementation (ML)
+- MC1322x support (JW/DE?)
+ - integrate and test support from JW (and DE?)
+ - get working with a known good interface (i.e. not today's jlink)
+- AT91SAM92xx:
+ - improvements for unknown-board-atmel-at91sam9260.cfg (RD)
+- STR9x: (ZW)
+ - improvements to str912.cfg to be more general purpose
+- AVR: (SQ)
+ - independently verify implementation
+ - incrementally improve working prototype in trunk. (SQ)
+ - work out how to debug this target
+ - AVR debugging protocol.
+- FPGA:
+ - improve things (??)
+- Coldfire (suggested by NC)
+ - can we draw from the BDM project? @par
+ http://bdm.sourceforge.net/
+
+ or the OSBDM package @par
+ http://forums.freescale.com/freescale/board/message?board.id=OSBDM08&thread.id=422
+
+@section thelistsvf SVF/XSVF
+
+- factor and clean-up code
+- review The Guide for OpenOCD Users for documentation errors or omissions
+- update The Manual for OpenOCD Developerrs:
+ - add documentation describing the architecture of each module
+ - provide Technical Primers to bootstrap contributor knowledge
+- develop SVF unit tests
+- develop XSVF unit tests
+
+@section thelistflash Flash Support
+
+- finish documentation for the following flash drivers:
+ - avr
+ - ecosflash
+ - pic32mx
+ - ocl
+ - str9xpec
+
+@subsection thelistflashcfi CFI
+
+- finish implementing bus width/chip width handling (suggested by NC)
+- factor vendor-specific code into separate source files
- add new callback interface for vendor-specific code
- - investigate/implement "thin wrapper" to use eCos CFI drivers (ØH)
-
-- TCL
- - Isolate all TCL command support:
- - Allow pure C CLI implementations using --disable-builtin-tcl.
- Ref? How could this be made to work given targets extensive need
- for events, etc.? What about the target library?
- - Allow full TCL support? add --with-tcl=/path/to/installed/tcl
- - Move TCL support in foo.* to foo_tcl.* (other ideas?)
-
-- Debugger Support
- - Keil AGDI interface to OpenOCD (submitted by Dario Vecchio)
-
-- Architectural Upgrades
- - Allow N:M:P mapping of servers, targets, and interfaces
- - loadable module support for interface/target/flash drivers
- - libopenocd support: @par
- https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006405.html
-
-- Test Suite:
- - implement server unit tests
- - implement JTAG core unit tests
- - implement JTAG interface unit tests
- - implement flash unit tests
- - implement target unit tests
-
-- Test Feedback Tools: @par
- https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006358.html
-
- - extend target test script to produce helpful pass/fail output
- - provide results submission script
-
-
-- Generic Hardware Tester:
- - implement VHDL to use for FPGA-based JTAG TAP testing device
- - develop test suite that utilizes this testing device
-
-- Build Systems (Autotools, CMake, etc.)
- - investigate fixes to permit the use of -Wshadow
- - change bootstrap to call 'configure --enable-maintainer-mode <opts>'?
-
-- Miscellaneous:
- - make JTAG and USB debug output a run-time configuration option
- - review and clean up interface/target/flash APIs
- - factor code to eliminate duplicated functionality
- - overhaul use of types to improve 32/64-bit portability
-
-- Berlios Admin:
- - use patch tracker? @par
- https://developer.berlios.de/patch/?group_id=4148
- - use bug tracking? we need something!
+- investigate/implement "thin wrapper" to use eCos CFI drivers (ØH)
+
+@section thelistdebug Debugger Support
+
+- integrate Keil AGDI interface to OpenOCD? (submitted by Dario Vecchio)
+
+@section thelisttesting Testing Suite
+
+This section includes several related groups of ideas:
+- @ref thelistunittests
+- @ref thelistsmoketests
+- @ref thelisttestreports
+- @ref thelisttestgenerichw
+
+@subsection thelistunittests Unit Tests
+
+- add testing skeleton to provide frameworks for adding tests
+- implement server unit tests
+- implement JTAG core unit tests
+- implement JTAG interface unit tests
+- implement flash unit tests
+- implement target unit tests
+
+@subsection thelistsmoketests Smoke Test Tools
+
+-# extend 'make check' with a smoketest app
+ - checks for OOCD_TEST_CONFIG, etc. in environment (or config file)
+ - if properly set, runs the smoke test with specified parameters
+ - openocd -f ${OOCD_TEST_CONFIG}
+ - implies a modular test suite (see below)
+ - should be able to run some minimal tests with dummy interface:
+ - compare results of baseline sanity checks with expected results
+
+-# builds a more complete test suite:
+ - existing testing/examples/ look like a great start
+ - all targets should be tested fully and for all capabilities
+ - we do NOT want a "lowest common denominator" test suite
+ - ... but can we start with one to get going?
+ - probably requires one test configuration file per board/target
+ - modularization can occur here, just like with targets/boards/chips
+ - coverage can increase over time, building up bundles of tests
+
+-# add new 'smoketest' Makefile target:
+ - calls 'make check' (and the smoketest app)
+ - gather inputs and output into a report file
+
+@subsection thelisttestreports Test Feedback Tools
+
+These ideas were first introduced here:
+ https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006358.html
+
+- provide report submission scripts for e-mail and web forms
+- add new Makefile targets to post the report:
+ - 'checkreportsend' -- send to list via e-mail (via sendmail)
+ - 'checkreportpost' -- send web form (via curl or other script)
+
+@subsection thelisttestgenerichw Generic Hardware Tester
+
+- implement VHDL to use for FPGA-based JTAG TAP testing device
+- develop test suite that utilizes this testing device
+
+@section thelistautotools Autotools Build System
+
+- investigate fixes to permit the use of -Wshadow
+- eliminate sources of confusion in @c boostrap script:
+ -# Make @c bootstrap call 'configure --enable-maintainer-mode <opts>'?
+ -# Add @c buildstrap script to assist with boostrap and configure steps.
+- automatically build tool-chains required for cross-compiling
+ - produce mingw32, arm-elf, others using in-tree scripts
+ - build all required target code from sources
+- make JTAG and USB debug output a run-time configuration option
+
+@section thelistarchitecture Architectural Tasks
+
+The following architectural tasks need to be accomplished and should be
+fairly easy to complete:
+
+- factor code to eliminate duplicated functionality
+- overhaul use of types to improve 32/64-bit portability
+- rewrite code that uses casts to access 16-bit and larger types
+ from unaligned memory addresses
+- libopenocd support: @par
+ https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006405.html
+- review and clean up interface/target/flash APIs
+
+The following strategic tasks will require ambition, knowledge, and time
+to complete:
+
+- Allow N:M:P mapping of servers, targets, and interfaces
+- loadable module support for interface/target/flash drivers
+
+@section thelistadmin Administrative Tasks
+
+- Develop "style" guidelines for committing to Subversion
+- Develop milestone and release guidelines.
*/
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