add assertIsSetup() and use it from OSThread constructor

fixes nasty bug @mc-hamster discovered with plugin order of operations

src/plugins/NodeInfoPlugin.cpp

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "configuration.h"
 #include "main.h"
 
-NodeInfoPlugin nodeInfoPlugin;
+NodeInfoPlugin *nodeInfoPlugin;
 
 bool NodeInfoPlugin::handleReceivedProtobuf(const MeshPacket &mp, const User &p)
 {

src/plugins/NodeInfoPlugin.h

@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ class NodeInfoPlugin : public ProtobufPlugin<User>
     virtual MeshPacket *allocReply();
 };
 
-extern NodeInfoPlugin nodeInfoPlugin;
+extern NodeInfoPlugin *nodeInfoPlugin;

src/plugins/Plugins.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include "plugins/NodeInfoPlugin.h"
+#include "plugins/PositionPlugin.h"
+#include "plugins/ReplyPlugin.h"
+#include "plugins/RemoteHardwarePlugin.h"
+#include "plugins/TextMessagePlugin.h"
+
+/**
+ * Create plugin instances here.  If you are adding a new plugin, you must 'new' it here (or somewhere else)
+ */
+void setupPlugins() {
+    nodeInfoPlugin = new NodeInfoPlugin();
+    positionPlugin = new PositionPlugin();
+    textMessagePlugin = new TextMessagePlugin();
+
+    // Note: if the rest of meshtastic doesn't need to explicitly use your plugin, you do not need to assign the instance
+    // to a global variable.
+
+    new RemoteHardwarePlugin();
+    new ReplyPlugin();
+}

src/plugins/Plugins.h

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#pragma once
+
+/**
+ * Create plugin instances here.  If you are adding a new plugin, you must 'new' it here (or somewhere else)
+ */
+void setupPlugins();

src/plugins/PositionPlugin.cpp

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "Router.h"
 #include "configuration.h"
 
-PositionPlugin positionPlugin;
+PositionPlugin *positionPlugin;
 
 bool PositionPlugin::handleReceivedProtobuf(const MeshPacket &mp, const Position &p)
 {

src/plugins/PositionPlugin.h

@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ class PositionPlugin : public ProtobufPlugin<Position>
     virtual MeshPacket *allocReply();
 };
 
-extern PositionPlugin positionPlugin;
+extern PositionPlugin *positionPlugin;

src/plugins/RemoteHardwarePlugin.cpp

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 #include "configuration.h"
 #include "main.h"
 
-RemoteHardwarePlugin remoteHardwarePlugin;
-
 #define NUM_GPIOS 64
 
 // Because (FIXME) we currently don't tell API clients status on sent messages

src/plugins/ReplyPlugin.cpp

@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
 
 #include <assert.h>
 
-// Create an a static instance of our plugin - this registers with the plugin system
-ReplyPlugin replyPlugin;
-
 MeshPacket *ReplyPlugin::allocReply()
 {
     assert(currentRequest); // should always be !NULL

src/plugins/TextMessagePlugin.cpp

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "NodeDB.h"
 #include "PowerFSM.h"
 
-TextMessagePlugin textMessagePlugin;
+TextMessagePlugin *textMessagePlugin;
 
 bool TextMessagePlugin::handleReceived(const MeshPacket &mp)
 {

src/plugins/TextMessagePlugin.h

@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ class TextMessagePlugin : public SinglePortPlugin, public Observable<const MeshP
     virtual bool handleReceived(const MeshPacket &mp);
 };
 
-extern TextMessagePlugin textMessagePlugin;
+extern TextMessagePlugin *textMessagePlugin;