Code re-use (was: Re: C64 won't let me send my data during Talk)

From: Jim Brain <brain_at_jbrain.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 00:40:29 -0500
Message-ID: <51B6B84D.8070907@jbrain.com>
On 6/11/2013 12:10 AM, A. Fachat wrote:
> Am 11. Juni 2013 05:39:46 schrieb Jim Brain
>> >
>> > http://www.github.com/fachat/XD2031
>> >
>> I'm curious, as I thought sd2iec firmware supported a number of 
>> platforms already.  What was the issue that prevented re-using that 
>> code?
>
> But 1) last time I looked there were many calls into IIRC led, sd card 
> and other subsystems in the iec loop, which made it hard to reuse. Now 
> our iec code is iec only, all other stuff is separated out and shared 
> between iec and IEEE488.
As far as I can tell with the latest code, there are just a few calls to 
led functions in the main loop, but they are inline calls defined in 
config.h, and can be nulled out if desired.  Also, the loop is contained 
entirely in iec.c for brevity, but could be changed to not do "while(1) 
and then all of those functions could be eliminated from iec.c.  THere 
is a chunk of code in the mainloop as well for disk changes, but it 
could be factored out if needed.  Ingo actually notes he put it there 
because it seemed a good a place as any.
>
> 2) it was under gpl2 only, while our code is gpl2 or later. You can 
> actually see the remnants of Ingo's code in those files of XD2031 that 
> are still gpl2 only.
I can't argue that point.

But, I do lament the split of development knowledge...

sd2iec can be fitted to handle any block device by merely creating a new 
block driver.  A complete wholesale mod to send all commands to an 
endpoint could also be implemented, though it would take a bit of 
refactoring.  I also thought sd2iec's IEEE488 support was similarly 
factored into its own codebase.

License issues excepted, it means all of the various fastloaders, GEOS 
mods, and the REL file support already in sd2iec will need to be 
re-implemented in your codebase.

I realize my position will seem biased, but it's not that.  Since your 
code is GPL as well, I'm free to use it, as any one is.

Jim

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