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Big Book of BSP

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Table of Contents

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**Introduction to BSPs *- A high-level overview of the BSP Development Process, Device Driver Development, Testing and Validation, and packaging an SDK to allow developers to create applications on your Windows CE-based device.

**What you need to create a BSP? *- An overview of what you need to effectively develop BSPs, from schematics, data sheets, osilloscopes and debug hardware, to Platform Builder and source code for a Windows CE Adaptation Kit.

**Features of a BSP *- An extensive discussion of the components that comprise a BSP that you must develop, like bootloaders, an OAL, KITL, and device drivers, as well as tips on writing a BSP that can be quickly commercialized, is secure, performance optimized, and power efficient.

**Board Bringup *- A discussion of the Windows boot sequence model, bootloader bring-up, where functions are commonly re-used for kernel bring-up. Begins with the startup process, and concludes with the kernel scheduling the only thread in the system: OEMIdle.

**Advanced Debugging Topics for BSPs *- How to enable and use KITL, JTAG debugger, and our CETK/LTK test suites to validate your features. Tips on finding memory leaks in your drivers and working with Platform Builder debug extensions.

**Switching between Debug and Retail *- Tips for creating SHIP, RETAIL and DEBUG builds, and various permutations of the environment flags WINCESHIP, WINCEDEBUG, COMPILEDEBUG, and DISABLEOPTIMIZER.

**How to know your BSP is done *- A list of metrics to determine your BSP meets production-quality standards. Includes information about BSP unit tests, how to run the CETK/LTK, and of course Stress and Hopper.

**How do you get support for BSP development? *- An overview of available support options.

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