Hello Stafford, On 03.03.21 13:15, Stafford Horne wrote: > 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. Yes, please revert. > Is there a timeframe you aim to have this all done? I hoped it would be ready by middle of march, so it can go into next before v2020.03.0, but no hurry. I can make it optional and withhold adding code depending on bthreads until all architectures have support. > 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. Can't help here unfortunately. I haven't actually used this platform. Cheers, Ahmad > > -Stafford > -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox
