V0.19 and pwlconfig design notes...

[Ralph Stickley]

Adi,
I downloaded the 0.19 source file today (pretty good response for downloads
from sourceforge...haven't tried your new ftp yet). Looks like a lot of stuff
in there..not sure what it all is though...

I started on the next release of pwlconfig.  I've integrated it so it can use
my "mkBootDevice" shell script, now I just have to add a few parameters to the
project.  So far I can only come up with a handfull of "project" specific
parameters, but I'm planning on a menu that will let you enter these items into
a "...projects/myproject/project.default" file. (you can manually edit it or
use the menus).  Adding more parameters anytime should be a breeze...

>From Main Menu->Manage project
"Project Device Type: DOC"
"Project Device Location: /dev/fla1"
"Project Mount Point: ./mnt"
"Boot Label: pwlboot"
"File System Compressed: no"
"Default source for custom files: /home/ralph/SRC"
"<suggestions ???>"

Cursor through these items and select them to change them.  Its a little
overhead (script coding) to provide an interactive menu, but it keeps all the
pwl stuff integrated in the pwlconfig script.  I think I'll keep these
functions in a small script, like "pwl_default", that gets called by pwlconfig
or from the command line.

I split out some of the utility functions to shorten the pwlconfig script and
also to share these between the scripts.  Small sharp tools and all that...

Also, I plan on updating the help button to work for each package and fix the
bugs I've listed on sourceforge.  If you notice any "unexpected features" (ok,
bugs :-) list them there and I'll take a look at them.

After this release, I'll start on integrating the "build package"
scripts...then what ?? The compressed file system should be good challenge
too...almost forgot about that one...

Probably need to start building a couple of default projects..once users
download the binaries, they should be able to download "router", "thin client"
and so on - maybe 5-10K each - or the "Project of the Month".  Since I haven't
gotten anything to work yet, I can't help here :-(  

Best thing to do is see if you can build one of your working projects just
using pwlconfig...that should be a good test :-)

Later,
Ralph

BTW, I tried your generate_list script (after I noticed that my "include all"
wasn't working since there were no list files to include).  It kept killing my
xterm window...so, I played with it...(hacker mentality - not my code, it must
be tweaked!;-) and add a "--remove" function...and set it up to work from
either directory (Embedded_Build or Embedded_Build/scripts). I'll post it



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