[PATCH v2 00/11] common: introduce bthreads, co-operative

[Stafford Horne]

On Mon, Mar 01, 2021 at 12:00:55PM +0100, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This is v2 of barebox coroutine support:
>     https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/barebox/2021-February/035032.html
> 
> As discussed with Sascha, if this is to be added, this should be added for
> all architectures and not be optional. If we have this as integral part,
> it means we can substitute coroutines for:
>     - pollers: just wrap the code in a loop
>     - async pollers: just call a delay function in the loop
>     - workqueues: assert_command_context yields until in command context
> 
> In addition, we will have much less work porting over threaded code from
> Linux. See the referenced series for an example of a USB mass storage
> gadget.
> 
> To prepare for replacing them, the functionality is renamed to
> bthreads (as in barebox threads) and is made separate from pollers.
> 
> How to add new architecture support:
> 
>   - Apply this series or check out https://github.com/a3f/barebox/tree/bthread

Now that I got a dev environment booting off master I have switched to your
bthread branch.  I found there is already a commit to remove openrisc in next.

I will revert this in my branch.

Is there a timeframe you aim to have this all done?

Also, It seems networking it not working for me that is ok for the work here,
but it will be something I have to look into next for OpenRISC.

-Stafford