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<concept id="GUID-9B3CDA90-2BAE-5AF3-914A-6CB9FC84746A" xml:lang="en"><title>Generic

Board Support Packages Overview</title><shortdesc>Describes the generic board support packages used in Symbian platform. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><conbody>

<section id="GUID-8AA53EA3-B5D7-4723-B37D-BCADC5620820"><title>Purpose</title> <p>The

Generic BSP provides a framework for developing a new BSP. </p> </section>

<section id="GUID-64AB7044-E473-4449-A280-95FBDD14011A"><title>Required background</title> <p>It

is assumed that you are familiar with the Board Support Packages used in Symbian

platform. </p> </section>

<section id="GUID-939B3E38-F9A7-44A1-9FEB-DAE5E85036E0"><title>Key concepts

and terms</title> <dl>

<dlentry>

<dt>ASSP</dt>

<dd><p>Contains software that supports a specific ASSP or ASIC. This would

be used by a BSP that was targeting a device that used the specified ASIC. </p> </dd>

</dlentry>

<dlentry>

<dt>Variant</dt>

<dd><p>This has the master build files and source for the device specific

peripherals. </p> </dd>

</dlentry>

<dlentry>

<dt>Board Support Package</dt>

<dd><p>Provides hardware-specific support code for a given hardware reference

board. A package may be delivered as a single component or in multiple components. </p> </dd>

</dlentry>

</dl> </section>

<section id="GUID-90192E63-3DF3-4F23-9470-B213AD68F8CC"><title>Architecture</title> <p>The

generic board support package architecture constitute the lowest layer of

the kernel. The kernel contains separate code for the ASSP and variant called

by the kernel. This acts as a framework on which a set of generic device drivers

for a common peripheral controllers such as LCD, UART, Keyboard, Digitizer

and NOR Flash Media Driver are customized at compile-time. These drivers are

made generic through a set of preprocessor macros which specify the customizes

parts like I/O base address and optional features . It also has template variant

that provide template code with placeholders to simplify development of a

variant for new hardware. It includes generic code for common extensions and

physical drivers. </p> </section>

<section id="GUID-3C050451-8FC3-4FCD-89A7-0E808365AF57"><title>Generic Board

Support Packages Summary</title> <p>Generic BSP provides the following framework

for the following: </p> <ul>

<li id="GUID-FCF3E7D2-E083-597A-88A7-276BA7B5F3D3"><p> <b>DMA Framework </b>  </p> <p> <filepath>dma.lib</filepath>  </p> <p>DMA

Platform Independent Layer that provides DMA Framework to transfer data using

DMA. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-7B0DEC0C-5DB6-5105-A668-AA143A71FC6F"><p> <b>Binary Power Framework</b>  </p> <p> <filepath>bpower.cpp</filepath>  </p> <p>A

framework for managing power within the system, and the management of the

transition between power states. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-43B546A0-3718-5D83-8441-17C2468DD1C5"><p> <b>Basic Resource Manager

Framework</b>  </p> <p> <filepath>resmanpsl.lib</filepath>  </p> <p>A framework

that provides essential or required functionality for static resources. </p> </li>

<li id="GUID-7D4B029C-73FA-5D46-AD66-1EB9BE299D08"><p> <b>Extended Resource

Manager Framework</b>  </p> <p> <filepath>resmanextenedpsl.lib</filepath>  </p> <p>A

framework that provides additional support for dynamic resources and resource

dependencies. </p> </li>

</ul> </section>

</conbody><related-links>

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<linktext>Kernel Architecture 2</linktext></link>

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