This patch simplifies the way of how Genode's base libraries are
organized. Originally, the base API was implemented in the form of many
small libraries such as 'thread', 'env', 'server', etc. Most of them
used to consist of only a small number of files. Because those libraries
are incorporated in any build, the checking of their inter-dependencies
made the build process more verbose than desired. Also, the number of
libraries and their roles (core only, non-core only, shared by both core
and non-core) were not easy to capture.
Hereby, the base libraries have been reduced to the following few
libraries:
- startup.mk contains the startup code for normal Genode processes.
On some platform, core is able to use the library as well.
- base-common.mk contains the parts of the base library that are
identical by core and non-core processes.
- base.mk contains the complete base API implementation for non-core
processes
Consequently, the 'LIBS' declaration in 'target.mk' files becomes
simpler as well. In the most simple case, only the 'base' library must
be mentioned.
Fixes#18
By using the build system's library-selection mechanism instead of many
timer targets with different 'REQUIRES' declarations, this patch reduces
the noise of the build system. For all platforms, the target at
'os/src/drivers/timer' is built. The target, in turn, depends on a
'timer' library, which is platform-specific. The various library
description files are located under 'os/lib/mk/<platform>'. The common
bits are contained in 'os/lib/mk/timer.inc'.
Norman Feske