[INFO] HAL files renaming

[Giovanni]

Hi,

One important problem with HAL is that it uses very generic file names like adc.c, can.h etc. This can create problems when integrating 3rd parties libraries that may use the same names.

Because of this, in HAL 5.0 all file names will be prefixed by "hal_", high level files have already been renamed because there is no impact on ports but also low level files will have to be renamed at some point.

All maintainers please prepare for the transition, I will start with STM32 of course.

Giovanni

[barthess]

Good news. It was always bother me when I want to create wrapper on ADC (launch, convertion, etc.) and can not name it just "adc".

[Giovanni]

Yes, same here. I want to address all those small annoying things before next release. If there are more please propose changes.

Giovanni

[barthess]

Yet another bothering moment is lots of copypaste code in testhal applications.
Did you think about moving of common high level code to separate application
and call it from testhals after platform dependant peripheral init?

[Giovanni]

It could be an idea, at least for some of them.

Giovanni

[Giovanni]

Hi,

I renamed files for STM32, LPC214x, AVR and simulator HAL ports. Code in the community repository or other repositories should be updated in a similar way, basically:

1) Prefix LLD file names with hal_, for example from adc_lld.h to hal_lld_adc.h.
2) Change the header guards from _XXXXXX_H_ to XXXXXX_H because some checkers are complaining about _ prefix being reserved. This is optional, up to you.

Giovanni