[En-Nut-Discussion] Nut/OS Initialization

[Ole Reinhardt]

Hi!

> a function called NutInit() or something ... could do whatever is needed 
> and create a thread to do initializations that take a considerable time, 
> like DHCP or ethernet if a cable is disconected. Such thread could 
> detect at any time when the cable is reconected.
> 
> Such structure could be easely be modified for any specific need, as 
> long as basic structuture like ioctl and appropriate fucntions are 
> available.

I would differentiate between low level hardware initialisation and the
application / network / protocoll specific stuff. 

So a board definition like I suggested in my last mail would only
register the available and needed devices and bring the hardware,
IO-Ports, Interrups, available Memory etc. in a sane state.

Everything else, like Network setup, DHCP request and so on should be
done in your application. 

This approach will allow you to define a singe board definition file
common to all your projects, but you can do different startup tasks for
whatever application you write.

Bye,

Ole

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