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/** @page tasks Pending and Open Tasks
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This page lists pending and open tasks being considered or worked upon
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by the OpenOCD community.
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@section thelist The List
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Items with a current patch available should include a link to its
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posting on the openocd-developer mailing list archives.
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Some items may be in progress, usually indicated by the individual whose
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initials in parentheses following it. A key for decoding these initials
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appears after The List.
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Most items are open for the taking, but please post to the mailing list
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before spending much time working on anything lists here. The community
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may have evolved an idea since it was added here.
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Feel free to send patches to add or clarify items on this list, too.
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@section thelisttcl TCL
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This section provides possible things to improve with OpenOCD's TCL support.
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- organize the TCL configurations:
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- provide more directory structure for boards/targets?
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- factor configurations into layers (encapsulation and re-use)
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- Isolate all TCL command support:
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- Pure C CLI implementations using --disable-builtin-tcl.
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- Allow developers to build new dongles using OpenOCD's JTAG core.
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- At first, provide only low-level JTAG support; target layer and
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above rely heavily on scripting event mechanisms.
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- Allow full TCL support? add --with-tcl=/path/to/installed/tcl
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- Move TCL support out of foo.[ch] and into foo_tcl.[ch] (other ideas?)
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@section thelistjtag JTAG
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This section list issues that need to be resolved in the JTAG layer.
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@subsection thelistjtagcore JTAG Core
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The following tasks have been suggeted for cleaning up the JTAG layer:
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- use tap_set_state everywhere to allow logging TAP state transitions
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- rename other tap_states to use standard JTAG names (suggested by ML)
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- retire jtag_add_end_state() and replace w/global variable:
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- removes TAP_INVALID as an argument to jtag_add_xxxx().
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- global variable as argument to jtag_add_xxxx() should be phased out, but
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it is useful while we need to bug-by-bug compatible while testing changes.
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- Suggested by <20>H. Michael Bruck also interested in this.
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- Encapsulate cmd_queue_cur_state and related varaible handling.
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The following tasks have been suggested for adding new core JTAG support:
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- autodetect devices present on the scan chain
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- implement 'discover_taps' command
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- SPI/UART emulation:
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- (ab)use bit-banging JTAG interfaces to emulate SPI/UART
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- allow SPI to program flash, MCUs, etc.
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@subsection thelistjtaginterfaces JTAG Interfaces
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The following tasks have been suggeted for improving OpenOCD's JTAG
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interface support:
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- rework USB communication to be more robust. Two possible options are:
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-# use libusb-1.0.1 with libusb-compat-0.1.1 (non-blocking I/O wrapper)
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-# rewrite implementation to use non-blocking I/O
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- FT2232 driver:
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- integrate FTD2XX High-Speed Device support @par
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PATCH: https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-April/005479.html
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- fix outstanding bugs
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- J-Link driver:
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- fix to work with long scan chains, such as R.Doss's svf test.
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- fix other outstanding bugs
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The following tasks have been suggested for adding new JTAG interfaces:
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- TCP driver: allow client/server for remote JTAG interface control.
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@section thelistswd Serial Wire Debug
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- implement Serial Wire Debug interface
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@section thelistbs Boundary Scan Support
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- add STAPL support?
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- add BSDL support?
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A few possible options for the above:
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-# Fake a TCL equivalent?
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-# Integrate an existing library?
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-# Write a new C implementation a la Jim?
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Once the above are completed:
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- add support for programming flash using boundary scan techniques
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- add integration with a modified gerber view program:
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- provide means to view the PCB and select pins and traces
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- allow use-cases such as the following:
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- @b Stimulus
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-# Double-click on a pin (or trace) with the mouse.
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- @b Effects
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-# The trace starts blinking, and
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-# OpenOCD toggles the pin(s) 0/1.
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@section thelisttargets Target Support
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- general layer cleanup:
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- https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006590.html
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- ARM11 improvements (MB?)
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- fix single stepping (reported by <20>H)
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- implement missing functionality (grep FNC_INFO_NOTIMPLEMENTED ...)
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- Cortex A8 support (ML)
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- add target implementation (ML)
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- MC1322x support (JW/DE?)
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- integrate and test support from JW (and DE?)
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- get working with a known good interface (i.e. not today's jlink)
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- AT91SAM92xx:
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- improvements for unknown-board-atmel-at91sam9260.cfg (RD)
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- STR9x: (ZW)
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- improvements to str912.cfg to be more general purpose
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- AVR: (SQ)
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- independently verify implementation
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- incrementally improve working prototype in trunk. (SQ)
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- work out how to debug this target
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- AVR debugging protocol.
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- FPGA:
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- improve things (??)
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- Coldfire (suggested by NC)
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- can we draw from the BDM project? @par
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http://bdm.sourceforge.net/
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or the OSBDM package @par
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http://forums.freescale.com/freescale/board/message?board.id=OSBDM08&thread.id=422
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@section thelistsvf SVF/XSVF
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- factor and clean-up code
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- review The Guide for OpenOCD Users for documentation errors or omissions
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- update The Manual for OpenOCD Developerrs:
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- add documentation describing the architecture of each module
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- provide Technical Primers to bootstrap contributor knowledge
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- develop SVF unit tests
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- develop XSVF unit tests
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@section thelistflash Flash Support
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- finish documentation for the following flash drivers:
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- avr
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- ecosflash
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- pic32mx
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- ocl
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- str9xpec
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@subsection thelistflashcfi CFI
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- finish implementing bus width/chip width handling (suggested by NC)
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- factor vendor-specific code into separate source files
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- add new callback interface for vendor-specific code
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- investigate/implement "thin wrapper" to use eCos CFI drivers (<28>H)
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@section thelistdebug Debugger Support
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- integrate Keil AGDI interface to OpenOCD? (submitted by Dario Vecchio)
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@section thelisttesting Testing Suite
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This section includes several related groups of ideas:
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- @ref thelistunittests
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- @ref thelistsmoketests
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- @ref thelisttestreports
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- @ref thelisttestgenerichw
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@subsection thelistunittests Unit Tests
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- add testing skeleton to provide frameworks for adding tests
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- implement server unit tests
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- implement JTAG core unit tests
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- implement JTAG interface unit tests
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- implement flash unit tests
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- implement target unit tests
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@subsection thelistsmoketests Smoke Test Tools
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-# extend 'make check' with a smoketest app
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- checks for OOCD_TEST_CONFIG, etc. in environment (or config file)
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- if properly set, runs the smoke test with specified parameters
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- openocd -f ${OOCD_TEST_CONFIG}
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- implies a modular test suite (see below)
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- should be able to run some minimal tests with dummy interface:
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- compare results of baseline sanity checks with expected results
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-# builds a more complete test suite:
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- existing testing/examples/ look like a great start
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- all targets should be tested fully and for all capabilities
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- we do NOT want a "lowest common denominator" test suite
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- ... but can we start with one to get going?
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- probably requires one test configuration file per board/target
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- modularization can occur here, just like with targets/boards/chips
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- coverage can increase over time, building up bundles of tests
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-# add new 'smoketest' Makefile target:
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- calls 'make check' (and the smoketest app)
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- gather inputs and output into a report file
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@subsection thelisttestreports Test Feedback Tools
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These ideas were first introduced here:
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https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006358.html
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- provide report submission scripts for e-mail and web forms
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- add new Makefile targets to post the report:
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- 'checkreportsend' -- send to list via e-mail (via sendmail)
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- 'checkreportpost' -- send web form (via curl or other script)
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@subsection thelisttestgenerichw Generic Hardware Tester
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- implement VHDL to use for FPGA-based JTAG TAP testing device
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- develop test suite that utilizes this testing device
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@section thelistautotools Autotools Build System
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- investigate fixes to permit the use of -Wshadow
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- eliminate sources of confusion in @c boostrap script:
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-# Make @c bootstrap call 'configure --enable-maintainer-mode <opts>'?
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-# Add @c buildstrap script to assist with boostrap and configure steps.
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- automatically build tool-chains required for cross-compiling
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- produce mingw32, arm-elf, others using in-tree scripts
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- build all required target code from sources
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- make JTAG and USB debug output a run-time configuration option
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@section thelistarchitecture Architectural Tasks
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The following architectural tasks need to be accomplished and should be
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fairly easy to complete:
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- factor code to eliminate duplicated functionality
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- overhaul use of types to improve 32/64-bit portability
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- rewrite code that uses casts to access 16-bit and larger types
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from unaligned memory addresses
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- libopenocd support: @par
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https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006405.html
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- review and clean up interface/target/flash APIs
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The following strategic tasks will require ambition, knowledge, and time
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to complete:
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- Allow N:M:P mapping of servers, targets, and interfaces
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- loadable module support for interface/target/flash drivers
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@section thelistadmin Administrative Tasks
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- Develop "style" guidelines for committing to Subversion
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- Develop milestone and release guidelines.
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*/
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/** @file
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This file contains the @ref thelist page.
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*/
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