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   1 /** @page thelist Pending and Open Tasks
   2
   3 This page lists pending and open tasks being considered or worked upon
   4 by the OpenOCD community.
   5
   6
   7 Items with a current patch available should include a link to its
   8 posting on the openocd-developer mailing list archives.
   9
  10 Some items may be in progress, usually indicated by the individual whose
  11 initials in parentheses following it.  A key for decoding these initials
  12 appears after The List.
  13
  14 Most items are open for the taking, but please post to the mailing list
  15 before spending much time working on anything lists here.  The community
  16 may have evolved an idea since it was added here.
  17
  18 Feel free to send patches to add or clarify items on this list, too.
  19
  20 @verbatim
  21 ==================================================================
  22                              The List
  23 ------------------------------------------------------------------
  24 @endverbatim
  25
  26 - JTAG/TAP changes:
  27   - update all drivers to use tap_get_tms_path_len API.
  28   - use tap_set_state everywhere to allow logging TAP state transitions
  29   - rename other tap_states to use standard JTAG names (suggested by ML)
  30   - retire jtag_add_end_state() and replace w/global variable. This also
  31   removes TAP_INVALID as an argument to jtag_add_xxxx(). The global variable
  32   as argument to jtag_add_xxxx() should eventually be phased out, but
  33   the global variable is useful in an interim phase where one needs to
  34   be bug by bug compatible before each change can be tested. Suggested
  35   by ØH. Michael Bruck also interested in this.
  36
  37 - JTAG Interfaces:
  38   - autodetect devices present on the scan chain
  39     - implement 'discover_taps' command
  40   - FT2232 driver: (DH)
  41     - integrate FTD2XX High-Speed Device support
  42       - PATCH: https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-April/005479.html
  43     - massive set of changes (DH):
  44       - fixes non-recoverability of cable connect/reconnect
  45       - https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006011.html
  46     - further cleanup (DH):
  47       - PATCH: https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006112.html
  48     - fix outstanding bugs
  49   - J-Link driver: (ZW)
  50     - fix outstanding bugs
  51     - test with known targets (i.e. working with other interfaces)
  52     - test compatibility between v6.0 (yellow) and older units (e.g. v5.2)
  53   - TCP driver:
  54     - add TCP/IP client and server for remote JTAG interface control
  55   - Do others need some help?  Probably....
  56
  57 - Other Interfaces
  58   - SVF/XSVF:
  59     - pending tasks??
  60   - SPI/UART emulation:
  61     - (ab)use bit-banging JTAG interfaces to emulate SPI/UART
  62     - allow SPI to program flash, MCUs, etc.
  63   - SWD
  64
  65 - Target Support:
  66   - general layer cleanup:
  67     - https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006590.html
  68   - ARM11 improvements (MB?)
  69     - fix single stepping  (reported by ØH)
  70     - implement missing functionality (grep FNC_INFO_NOTIMPLEMENTED ...)
  71   - Cortex A8 support (ML)
  72     - add target implementation (ML)
  73     - what else remains to be done?
  74   - MC1322x support (JW/DE?)
  75     - integrate and test support from JW (and DE?)
  76     - get working with a known good interface (i.e. not today's jlink)
  77   - AT91SAM92xx:
  78     - improvements for unknown-board-atmel-at91sam9260.cfg (RD)
  79   - STR9x: (ZW)
  80     - improvements to str912.cfg to be more general purpose
  81   - AVR: (SQ)
  82     - independently verify implementation
  83     - incrementally improve working prototype in trunk. (SQ)
  84     - work out how to debug this target
  85     - AVR debugging protocol.
  86   - FPGA:
  87     - improve things (??)
  88   - Coldfire (suggested by NC)
  89     - can we draw from the BDM project?  @par
  90       http://bdm.sourceforge.net/
  91
  92   - other targets?  (suggestions always welcome)
  93
  94 - CFI:
  95   - finish implementing bus width/chip width handling (suggested by NC)
  96   - factor vendor-specific code into separate source files
  97   - add new callback interface for vendor-specific code
  98   - investigate/implement "thin wrapper" to use eCos CFI drivers (ØH)
  99
 100 - TCL
 101   - Isolate all TCL command support:
 102     - Allow pure C CLI implementations using --disable-builtin-tcl.
 103     Ref? How could this be made to work given targets extensive need
 104     for events, etc.? What about the target library?
 105     - Allow full TCL support? add --with-tcl=/path/to/installed/tcl
 106     - Move TCL support in foo.* to foo_tcl.* (other ideas?)
 107
 108 - Debugger Support
 109   - Keil AGDI interface to OpenOCD (submitted by Dario Vecchio)
 110
 111 - Architectural Upgrades
 112   - Allow N:M:P mapping of servers, targets, and interfaces
 113   - loadable module support for interface/target/flash drivers
 114   - libopenocd support: @par
 115       https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006405.html
 116
 117 - Test Suite:
 118   - implement server unit tests
 119   - implement JTAG core unit tests
 120   - implement JTAG interface unit tests
 121   - implement flash unit tests
 122   - implement target unit tests
 123
 124 - Test Feedback Tools: @par
 125       https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006358.html
 126
 127   - extend target test script to produce helpful pass/fail output
 128   - provide results submission script
 129
 130
 131 - Generic Hardware Tester:
 132   - implement VHDL to use for FPGA-based JTAG TAP testing device
 133   - develop test suite that utilizes this testing device
 134
 135 - Build Systems (Autotools, CMake, etc.)
 136   - investigate fixes to permit the use of -Wshadow
 137   - change bootstrap to call 'configure --enable-maintainer-mode <opts>'?
 138
 139 - Miscellaneous:
 140   - make JTAG and USB debug output a run-time configuration option
 141   - review and clean up interface/target/flash APIs
 142   - factor code to eliminate duplicated functionality
 143   - overhaul use of types to improve 32/64-bit portability
 144
 145 - Berlios Admin:
 146   - use patch tracker? @par
 147     https://developer.berlios.de/patch/?group_id=4148
 148   - use bug tracking?  we need something!
 149
 150 */