Adding Micah to cc On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM Nikola Anicic < nikola.ani...@esperantotech.com> wrote:
> Dear OpenOCD Community, > > I’m contributing to the RISC-V fork of OpenOCD ( > https://github.com/riscv-collab/riscv-openocd) and have proposed > improvements to enhance transport selection flexibility when communicating > with targets. I’ve opened an issue to discuss this work: > https://github.com/riscv-collab/riscv-openocd/discussions/1175. > > My changes are in a branch of my fork: > https://github.com/anicic-nikola/riscv-openocd-esperanto. The > improvements include: > > - > > Support for selecting different transport mechanisms (e.g., socket > DMI) to reduce JTAG dependency. > - > > A Python-based target simulator to test OpenOCD with socket DMI > communication. > etc. > > These changes build on discussions in > https://github.com/riscv-collab/riscv-openocd/discussions/1175#discussioncomment-12852481 > and aim to make OpenOCD more flexible for diverse hardware setups. The > simulator facilitates testing without physical hardware. > > I’d appreciate your feedback on: > > - > > The proposed transport selection approach and its alignment with > OpenOCD’s goals. > - > > Additional improvements or test cases needed. > - > > Advices on how to tackle remaining challenges described in the > discussion. > > I also request *permission to submit a pull request *to the OpenOCD > repository, as I currently face a “must be a collaborator” restriction. > Alternatively, I can submit patches to the openocd-devel list if preferred. > > Please share your thoughts via this thread, the GitHub issue, or by > replying to me directly. I’m eager to refine this work based on community > input. > > Thank you, > Nikola Anicic > Esperanto Technologies, Inc. >
