[sim-wg] Howto contribute third party extensions

[Philip Levis]

On Sep 20, 2007, at 2:19 PM, Chad Metcalf wrote:

> So I was talking to Razvan about how third party extensions work with
> TOSSIM. I think it would be a good idea to put out a document on how
> we want these to work and "lessons learned" from our experiences.
>
> It was a bit of trial and error when I did the SF stuff. So it might
> be helpful. As I see it there are three classes of extensions.
>
> The first is the simple extension which just have TinyOS components.
> An example might be a new DemoSensorC which gives a random value.
>
> The second is an extension which adds sim directories to existing  
> components.
>
> The third is the hardest to handle and is the one I'm most familiar
> with. Its when the extension changes some core functionality of
> already existing TOSSIM code.
>
> I'm going to take a stab at a document to do this. I'd like the group
> to help review it.  Venkatesh from a are there additional lessons
> learned to add viewpoint. Phil from a "is this a sane way to do it."
> And from the rest of the group from a "usability" standpoint.
>
> I'm not sure what this document gets classified. Its not a TEP but a
> WG Recommendation?
>
> Anyway, once I get a draft out, I'll let you guys know.

This sounds like a great tutorial.

Phil