TI eXpressDSP wiki merged into Embedded Processors Wiki
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The (long awaited!) merge of the TI eXpressDSP wiki with the Embedded Processors wiki is now complete. This page outlines the reason for merging, status, known issues, and future plans.
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Why merge the 2 wikis?
In hindsight it was a mistake to create a separate wiki for TI eXpressDSP Tools & Target Content. Having 2 somewhat similar wikis created the following problems: -
- Fragmented information - for example Category:OMAPL1 had some articles on TI eXpressDSP wiki and others on the Davinci/OMAP wiki. It was therefore difficult to recommend a single location to bookmark.
- Fix - now we have 1 consolidated Category:OMAPL1 category for the OMAPL1 processors - all articles relating to OMAPL1 automatically "show up"
- Category links - similar to above it was impossible to mark an article to apply a category on the other wiki. Category links only work within the same wiki.
- Fix - we now have 1 set of consistent Categories. It is now much easier for contributors to know how to categorize their topics.
- Search - the standard Mediawiki Search box only searches the current wiki - it doesn't span wikis. It's true that our GoogleSearch fixed that but this was not very obvious.
- Fix - standard Mediawiki search should now find everything. If it doesn't you can keep using GoogleSearch
- Which wiki to post on? - where to put e.g. an article related to Platform Support Packages (PSP)? It could equally apply on TI eXpressDSP or Davinci/OMAP wiki.
- Fix - zero possibility of confusion now. There's only 1 wiki.
- Plugin maintenance - we install a bunch of plugins to make the wiki easier to use such as WYSIWYG editors. We had to do this twice :-(
- Fix - now when we install a plugin everybody benefits. No double maintenance.
1 wiki, 3 URLs - how does that work?
All content is on 1 host but we have 3 entry points - there may even be more in the future. http://wiki.davincidsp.com, http://wiki.omap.com, and http://tiexpressdsp.com all point to the same content. Keeping the URLs allows customers to keep their current bookmarks. In addition, having multiple URLs gives teams the flexibility to create e.g. wiki.someTIplatform.com yet still benefit from work done by others simply by marking topics with the appropriate categories.
http://wiki.davincidsp.com is the primary domain, whilst http://wiki.omap.com, and http://tiexpressdsp.com are parked domains.
Main Page Design
- Why was the Wiki main page redesigned?
- This was done to cleanup the category list in preparation of merging the TI Express DSP Wiki with this one.
- The main page was modified to reflect the new categorization and to make browsing this Wiki easier.
- What if I want to add a new category?
- While the main page lists several categories it is not the ultimate list of categories. As content is created new categories will be made to help group like content. The current list is just a suggestion of categories.
- For best practices on when to create a new category please see the Do's and Don'ts page.
Known Issues
- If you had an account on the TI eXpressDSP wiki but not on the Davinci wiki, you'll need to recreate that account name in order to contribute. This is unavoidable, but it's a relatively minor issue - it takes 30 seconds to create an account!
- TI eXpressDSP Page hit counts - we were able to bring across all of the article history however pulling in the page hit counts is a little trickier.
- Status : 030609 : working on it. May be able to pull in the right SQL table and import it to the Davinci wiki.
- Fixed : 030709
- Status : 030609 : working on it. May be able to pull in the right SQL table and import it to the Davinci wiki.
Please report any problems you find!
We've tested this merge to the best of our ability. However if you find problems please report them on the Discussion Page.
Enjoy the (merged) wiki!
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Jing Cui said ...
Eldon Ding said ...
Should we generate a categories group as "Device" and each category will named by one device and includes all links around one particular device?
Just as the product folder in TI webpage?
--Eldon Ding 06:55, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Alanc said ...
We definitely would rather avoid per-device categories. We made that mistake before and had to go back and edit 100s of articles each time a new device came out.
We agree that device *families* are indeed a good way to categorize. For example we have OMAPL1, OMAP35x, DM644x categories exist.
We need to redo the main_page to make this more obvious.
--Alanc 12:19, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Alanc said ...
Feature request from customer : add GoogleSearch box to each page (not just the main page)
--Alanc 15:26, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
DanRinkes said ...
If we want to add the googlesearch box to every page, you can do this with the header/footer extension. Just add the following content to the MediaWiki:Hf-nsheader-
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Search for an article here:
If you want it at the bottom of every page, use the Hf-nsfooter page.
For pages (like Main_Page) where you don't want it displayed in the header because it's already in the body, add the following __NONSHEADER__ or __NONSFOOTER__
--DanRinkes 20:16, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
DanRinkes said ...
Well, that didn't come out like I wanted it to, this is the pre-formatted text you need to enter.
* [[Image:Google-16x16.png]] Search for an article here: <GoogleCSESearch/><GoogleCSEResults/>
--DanRinkes 20:17, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
Tiadmin said ...
Ejohnson73 said ...
Target Content Downloads link on the main page is now broken.
--Ejohnson73 17:09, 27 May 2009 (CDT)
- Tiadmin : fixed
--Tiadmin 21:42, 27 May 2009 (CDT)
Dirk Helgemo of LogicPD said ...
Recommend changing the label "Applications PowerToys Downloads" to "SDO Applications Downloads (DMAI, cg_xml, ceutils, etc.)".
(I was totally uninterested in the page based on this description, but found it via other references and found it to be useful.)
--Dirk Helgemo of LogicPD 11:32, 8 June 2009 (CDT)
I found http://tiexpressdsp.com/index.php?title=Category:DM644x, so I would like to call back the previous comment (want to add VPFE and VPBE to Hardware category).
--Jing Cui 06:33, 17 April 2009 (UTC)