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#  $Id: PROBLEMS,v 1.2 2001-09-27 11:59:11 chris Exp $
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This is the list of outstanding problems in this release.
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+   AMD 29k port is based on a non-GNU toolset.
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+   The test spfatal is out of date and as a result will NOT execute
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    correctly.  The addition of POSIX and consequent ongoing initialization
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    reorganization makes it pointless to fix this until the POSIX support
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    is completely in place.
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+   The m68k family has become quite large and an understanding of the
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    compatibility of the peripherals on the various members of the 683xx
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    family would allow someone to designate some of the drivers submitted
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    for the gen683xx BSPs as useful on other members.
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+   The only supported i960 family member is the CA.  No support for the
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    floating point support found in other family members is present.
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    This also implies that RTEMS may "think" of something as generic
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    across the i960 family when in fact it is specific to the CA.
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    To make matters worse, the i960 target board owned by the RTEMS Project
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    is now broken and as a result even the i960CA is a "compile only" port.
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+   Some of the BSPs still define RAM_START and RAM_END in the bsp.h file.
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    It is better to define these in the linkcmds file.  It is also nice
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    to use the linkcmds file to place overlays for on-board hardware.
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+   Not all of the BSP console drivers have been converted to termios.
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    Look at the m68k/gen68360, sparc/erc32, and powerpc/psim BSPs for
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    examples.
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+   UNIX port notes:
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       + sometimes a stray SIGALRM is reported as spfatal completes.
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       + There are conflicts between the names of native library routines
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         which MUST be used and those in the POSIX support.  This must
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         be addressed.  The POSIX API cannot be used with this port as a
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         result of this.
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       + Someone suggested writing a mini-system call interface to
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         include with RTEMS which would eliminate name conflicts.  This
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         would allow the RTEMS POSIX API to be tested in this configuration.
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+   Some of the tests may execute correctly and not produce the exact
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    ordering of lines in the screen file.  This appears to be a combination
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    of a number of factors including buffering, processor speed, IO
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    device overhead, and clock interrupt rate.  The biggest problem is that
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    some tests depend on polled IO with no unexpected context switches.
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    These may not be resolvable while maintaining the spirit of the test.
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+   The clock device drivers should really avoid doing the division
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    by 1000 in the clock tick ISR to convert microseconds into
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    milliseconds.  This only applies to clock drivers which generate
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    an ISR each millisecond and only call rtems_clock_tick every
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    so many ISRs.
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+  Cross-check configure --enable-* flags.
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   + warn/refuse to configure when --enable-libcdir and
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     --enable-gcc28 are given.
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   + force --enable-libcdir when --disable-gcc28 is given
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+  make profile does not currently work for a variety of reasons.  Few
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   BSPs include profile versions of the libraries in their bsp_specs
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   file.  There is no mechanism to sample data for gperf to process.
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   All of this will need to be addressed before "make profile" is truly
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   useful.
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+  Bare BSP does not compile for all configurations yet.  This is
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   primarily due to libcpu support code assuming that the BSP has
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   made something available which is not with a bare BSP.

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