This commit lets the compiler know about interrupts and allows
optimizations to be performed based on that: interrupts are eliminated
when they appear to be unused in a program. This is done with a new
pseudo-call (runtime/interrupt.New) that is treated specially by the
compiler.
Motivation: The bluepill uses USART1 as UART0 but other boards like the
STM32 Nucleo boards (and disco as well) use USART2 for USB COM port.
To avoid duplication of code the same pattern as in `machine_atsamd21.go`
is applied where only UART-specific code is moved to `board_*.go`.
Instead of trying to modify periperhals directly, external functions are
called. For example, __tinygo_gpio_set sets a GPIO pin to a specified
value (high or low). It is expected that binaries made this way will be
linked with some extra libraries that implement support for these
functions.
One particularly interesting case is this experimental board simulator:
https://github.com/aykevl/tinygo-play
Compiling code to WebAssembly with the correct build tag for a board
will enable this board to be simulated in the browser.
Atmel/Microchip based SAMD boards are not currently supported, because
their I2C/SPI support is somewhat uncommon and harder to support in the
machine API. They may require a modification to the machine API for
proper support.
Kenneth Bell
Olivier Fauchon
deadprogram
Ayke van Laethem
cn