[Tinyos-2.0wg] TEP process status

[Philip Levis]

I have updated www.tinyos.net to reflect these changes.

Phil

On Sep 6, 2006, at 12:08 PM, Philip Levis wrote:

> TEP 101: Forwarded comments from external reviewer to Jan, Vlado,  
> and David. We will discuss it next week.
>
> TEP 102: Martin will add contact information, when that's done I'll  
> return it to the SC.
>
> TEP 103: David Gay will contact Jonathan about his proposed changes  
> to 103, barring concerns will then propose them to the external  
> reviewer.
>
> TEP 106: Pending SC consideration.
>
> TEP 107: Pending SC consideration.
>
> TEP 108: Last call for WG comments before sending to the SC.
>
> TEP 109: Detailed comments in telecon for primary author (Gil) to  
> incorporate. Specifically:
>
> o The final sentence of the introduction
>
> "This document assumes that sensors return uninterpreted values of  
> arbitrary size or datatype. Conversion of sensor values to  
> something with actual physical meaning is beyond the scope of this  
> document."
>
> is too constraining. It precludes sensor drivers that provide  
> interpreted values. Rather than state that values are  
> uninterpreted, TEP 109 should say that it takes no position on the  
> matter: they may be either. Furthermore, if they are uninterpreted,  
> then sensors MAY provide additional interfaces that would allow  
> higher-level drivers to interpret them properly.
>
> o Section 4 goes into HPL details while providing very little  
> information; it does not talk about arbitration, etc. From the  
> code, it's hard to tell what's going on. But having something that  
> includes low-level details is very useful. Suggested change: cut  
> section 4 and add three appendices of sample sensors:
>
>   1) An ADC sensor
>   2) A bus-based sensor
>   3) A very simple binary sensor (e.g., reading a pin)
>
>
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