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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   - add TAP_UNKNOWN to augment TAP_INVALID? (suggested by ML/DH)
  31
  32 - JTAG Interfaces:
  33   - autodetect devices present on the scan chain
  34     - implement 'discover_taps' command
  35   - FT2232 driver: (DH)
  36     - integrate FTD2XX High-Speed Device support
  37       - PATCH: https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-April/005479.html
  38     - massive set of changes (DH):
  39       - fixes non-recoverability of cable connect/reconnect
  40       - https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006011.html
  41     - further cleanup (DH):
  42       - PATCH: https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006112.html
  43     - fix outstanding bugs
  44   - J-Link driver: (ZW)
  45     - fix outstanding bugs
  46     - test with known targets (i.e. working with other interfaces)
  47     - test compatibility between v6.0 (yellow) and older units (e.g. v5.2)
  48   - TCP driver:
  49     - add TCP/IP client and server for remote JTAG interface control
  50   - Do others need some help?  Probably....
  51
  52 - Other Interfaces
  53   - SVF/XSVF:
  54     - pending tasks??
  55   - SPI/UART emulation:
  56     - (ab)use bit-banging JTAG interfaces to emulate SPI/UART
  57     - allow SPI to program flash, MCUs, etc.
  58   - SWD
  59
  60 - Target Support:
  61   - general layer cleanup:
  62     - https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006590.html
  63   - ARM11 improvements (MB?)
  64     - fix single stepping  (reported by ØH)
  65     - implement missing functionality (grep FNC_INFO_NOTIMPLEMENTED ...)
  66   - Cortex A8 support (ML)
  67     - add target implementation (ML)
  68     - what else remains to be done?
  69   - MC1322x support (JW/DE?)
  70     - integrate and test support from JW (and DE?)
  71     - get working with a known good interface (i.e. not today's jlink)
  72   - AT91SAM92xx:
  73     - improvements for unknown-board-atmel-at91sam9260.cfg (RD)
  74   - STR9x: (ZW)
  75     - improvements to str912.cfg to be more general purpose
  76   - AVR: (SQ)
  77     - independently verify implementation
  78     - incrementally improve working prototype in trunk. (SQ)
  79     - work out how to debug this target
  80     - AVR debugging protocol.
  81   - FPGA:
  82     - improve things (??)
  83   - Coldfire (suggested by NC)
  84     - can we draw from the BDM project?  @par
  85       http://bdm.sourceforge.net/
  86
  87   - other targets?  (suggestions always welcome)
  88
  89 - CFI:
  90   - finish implementing bus width/chip width handling (suggested by NC)
  91   - factor vendor-specific code into separate source files
  92   - add new callback interface for vendor-specific code
  93   - investigate/implement "thin wrapper" to use eCos CFI drivers (ØH)
  94
  95 - TCL
  96   - mem2array bugs:
  97     - Report: https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006459.html
  98   - Isolate all TCL command support:
  99     - Allow pure C CLI implementations using --disable-builtin-tcl
 100     - Allow full TCL support? add --with-tcl=/path/to/installed/tcl
 101     - Move TCL support in foo.* to foo_tcl.* (other ideas?)
 102
 103 - Debugger Support
 104   - Keil AGDI interface to OpenOCD (submitted by Dario Vecchio)
 105
 106 - Architectural Upgrades
 107   - Allow N:M:P mapping of servers, targets, and interfaces
 108   - loadable module support for interface/target/flash drivers
 109   - libopenocd support: @par
 110       https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006405.html
 111
 112 - Test Suite:
 113   - implement server unit tests
 114   - implement JTAG core unit tests
 115   - implement JTAG interface unit tests
 116   - implement flash unit tests
 117   - implement target unit tests
 118
 119 - Test Feedback Tools: @par
 120       https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/openocd-development/2009-May/006358.html
 121
 122   - extend target test script to produce helpful pass/fail output
 123   - provide results submission script
 124
 125
 126 - Generic Hardware Tester:
 127   - implement VHDL to use for FPGA-based JTAG TAP testing device
 128   - develop test suite that utilizes this testing device
 129
 130 - Build Systems (Autotools, CMake, etc.)
 131   - investigate fixes to permit the use of -Wshadow
 132   - change bootstrap to call 'configure --enable-maintainer-mode <opts>'?
 133
 134 - Miscellaneous:
 135   - make JTAG and USB debug output a run-time configuration option
 136   - review and clean up interface/target/flash APIs
 137   - factor code to eliminate duplicated functionality
 138   - overhaul use of types to improve 32/64-bit portability
 139
 140 - Berlios Admin:
 141   - use patch tracker? @par
 142     https://developer.berlios.de/patch/?group_id=4148
 143   - use bug tracking?  we need something!
 144
 145 */