[news.eclipse.dsdp.rtsc] Re: Add new device (Leo) to catalog and new pla

[mjain@xxxxxx (Madhvi )]

Thanks Amit for the clarification.

I have done the necessary temporary changes to my xdctools and my work is 
un-blocked. As you would have guessed, my purpose of raising the topic 
here is to get it officially supported. I know I should have just filed a 
bug, but I am still new to this bugzilla :) Thanks for your help.


Thanks
 Madhvi


Amit Mookerjee wrote:

> > Now, my catalogName is ti.catalog.c6000 (for DSP). So if I dont put my 
> > device under ti.catalog.c6000, then I will have to modify the catalogName 
> > here to point to the new location? 

> Madhvi,
> You can create a device module in a package of your choice (say 'ti.leo'). 
> Then in your platform specification file you can set the 'catalogName' 
> attribute of the 'xdc.platform.IExeContext.Cpu' parameter to the name of 
> this package. Ensure that your package ('ti.leo') is on the package path.

> > Also whats the difficulty/hurdle in adding the new device under ti.catalog?

> All TI supported devices that require XDCtools will be added to 
> 'ti.catalog' package. The point to be made here is that you need not be 
> blocked until this support is provided in an official release of XDCtools. 
> You can very easily create a device module in a package of your choice and 
> a platform package referring the device. 

> Thanks
> Amit