On Mon, Mar 01, 2021 at 12:00:55PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote: > Hello, > > This is v2 of barebox coroutine support: > https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/barebox/2021-February/035032.html > > As discussed with Sascha, if this is to be added, this should be added for > all architectures and not be optional. If we have this as integral part, > it means we can substitute coroutines for: > - pollers: just wrap the code in a loop > - async pollers: just call a delay function in the loop > - workqueues: assert_command_context yields until in command context > > In addition, we will have much less work porting over threaded code from > Linux. See the referenced series for an example of a USB mass storage > gadget. > > To prepare for replacing them, the functionality is renamed to > bthreads (as in barebox threads) and is made separate from pollers. > > How to add new architecture support: > > - Apply this series or check out https://github.com/a3f/barebox/tree/bthread Now that I got a dev environment booting off master I have switched to your bthread branch. I found there is already a commit to remove openrisc in next. I will revert this in my branch. Is there a timeframe you aim to have this all done? Also, It seems networking it not working for me that is ok for the work here, but it will be something I have to look into next for OpenRISC. -Stafford _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox
