Added BSP chapter to FAQ.

doc/FAQ/FAQ.texi

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
 @include basic.texi
 @include tools.texi
 @include concepts.texi
+@include bsp.texi
 @include debug.texi
 @include freesw.texi
 @include embeddedinfo.texi
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ Common questions have been divided into the following categories.
 * Basic Information::
 * General Development Tool Hints::
 * RTEMS Concepts::
+* BSP Questions::
 * Debugging Hints::
 * Free Software that Works with RTEMS::
 * Resources for Embedded Information::

doc/FAQ/Makefile

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dirs:
 COMMON_FILES=../common/cpright.texi ../common/setup.texi
 
 GENERATED_FILES= \
-    basic.texi tools.texi concepts.texi debug.texi freesw.texi \
+    basic.texi tools.texi concepts.texi bsp.texi debug.texi freesw.texi \
     embeddedinfo.texi hwdebugaids.texi
 
 FILES=$(PROJECT).texi $(GENERATED_FILES)
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ concepts.texi: concepts.t Makefile
 	    -u "Top" \
 	    -n "" ${*}.t
 
+bsp.texi: bsp.t Makefile
+	$(BMENU) -c -p "" \
+	    -u "Top" \
+	    -n "" ${*}.t
+
 debug.texi: debug.t Makefile
 	$(BMENU) -c -p "" \
 	    -u "Top" \

doc/FAQ/bsp.t

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+@c
+@c  COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-1998.
+@c  On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR).
+@c  All rights reserved.
+@c
+@c  $Id$
+@c
+
+@chapter BSP Questions
+
+The items in this category provide answers to questions
+commonly asked about BSPs.
+
+@section What is a BSP?
+
+BSP is an acronym for Board Support Package.
+
+A BSP is a collection of device drivers, startup code, linker scripts,
+and compiler support files (specs files) that tailor RTEMS for a 
+particular target hardware environment.
+
+@section What has to be in a BSP?
+
+The basic set of items is the linker script, bsp_specs, and startup code.
+If you want standard IO, then you need a console driver. This is needed
+to run any of the RTEMS tests.  If you want to measure passage of time,
+you need a clock tick driver.  This driver is needed for all RTEMS tests 
+EXCEPT hello world and the timing tests.  The timer driver is a benchmark
+timer and is needed for the tmtests (timing tests).  Sometimes you will
+see a shmsupp directory which is for shared memory multiprocessing
+systems.  The network driver and real-time clock drivers are optional
+and not reqired by any RTEMS tests.
+
+
+