[gentoo-dev] New Category - dev-pic OR dev-embedded

[gentoo-dev] New Category - dev-pic OR dev-embedded

[Robin H. Johnson]

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'Lo all.

I'd like to propose a new category.

Name: dev-pic
Alternate name: dev-embedded
Purpose: development software dealing with PIC microcontrollers and
other embedded chips.

We currently have pending ebuilds for a fair number of the packages
listed on a site (http://www.gnupic.org/) that tracks software for
handing PIC microcontrollers et al under linux. There is also at least 1
ebuild in the tree for this type of software, wrongly filed under
dev-util (It's an assembler/linker/deassembler for PIC1[246][CF]*
chips).

Support Reasoning: I've got a class on programming PIC16F87[47] chips
this semester, and I really don't want to use the nasty windows programs
to build my code. And since I've got access to the hardware, might as
well test out the code that should work to get it into the tree.

(For those interested, for my class, we had to come up with independant
projects to do with the chips, and my team has decided to go with my
suggestion of building the interface unit for an embedded OEM GPS
reciever).

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New Category - dev-pic OR dev-embedded

[Robin H. Johnson]

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On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 12:05:01PM -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> Support Reasoning: I've got a class on programming PIC16F87[47] chips
> this semester, and I really don't want to use the nasty windows programs
> to build my code. And since I've got access to the hardware, might as
> well test out the code that should work to get it into the tree.
I'll be making a herd 'dev-pic' or whatever the category name is to keep
track of all the bugs for this once it's approved.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New Category - dev-pic OR dev-embedded

[Ned Ludd]

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Robin,

Why not help move forward with what's leftover of the #gentoo-embedded
project. I'm what you will learn over the course of this class would be 
suited for such a place.
There is a few of us already even in the irc channel few months now. It
just needs some leadership.

As for a new category I'm sorta opposed. uClibc, busybox and the such
are placed in existing categories and I'm pretty sure of the 102
existing ones a place could be found for this. The more new top level
categories we add the slower portage gets.. 
However feel free to ignore me, I might not know what I'm talking about.


On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 15:06, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 12:05:01PM -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> > Support Reasoning: I've got a class on programming PIC16F87[47] chips
> > this semester, and I really don't want to use the nasty windows programs
> > to build my code. And since I've got access to the hardware, might as
> > well test out the code that should work to get it into the tree.
> I'll be making a herd 'dev-pic' or whatever the category name is to keep
> track of all the bugs for this once it's approved.
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Ned Ludd <solar@gentoo.org>
Gentoo Linux Developer

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New Category - dev-pic OR dev-embedded

[Robin H. Johnson]

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On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 04:48:18PM -0400, Ned Ludd wrote:
> Why not help move forward with what's leftover of the #gentoo-embedded
> project. I'm what you will learn over the course of this class would
> be suited for such a place. There is a few of us already even in the
> irc channel few months now. It just needs some leadership.
The part of embedded that I'm particualary interested in (and that my
class deals with) is single chips, which is vastly different to embedded
systems.

See details on the chip that I'll be programming here:
http://www.microchip.com/1010/pline/picmicro/category/embctrl/14kbytes/devices/16f874/index.htm

It's an 8 bit microcontroller with a relatively simple assembler style
(35 instructions).

However I do feel both embedded levels do belong together.

> As for a new category I'm sorta opposed. uClibc, busybox and the such
> are placed in existing categories and I'm pretty sure of the 102
> existing ones a place could be found for this. 
The purpose of the dev-pic/dev-embedded is specifically tools that deal
with the creation and development of embedded systems. busybox and
uclibc are system applications and libraries that run on embedded
systems.

> The more new top level categories we add the slower portage gets..
I don't think that claim is correct. Carpaski?

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