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5 # configuration data related to kernel interrupt handling
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40 ######DESCRIPTIONBEGIN####
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41 #
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42 # Author(s): bartv
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43 # Original data: nickg
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44 # Contributors:
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45 # Date: 1999-06-13
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54 cdl_component CYGIMP_KERNEL_INTERRUPTS_DSRS {
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55 display "Use delayed service routines (DSRs)"
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56 default_value 1
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57 description "
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58 In eCos the recommended way to handle device interrupts is to
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61 Delayed Service Routine or DSR. If an application does not
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63 to disable the DSR support completely, which reduces the
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64 overheads of context switches and interrupt handling. Note
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65 that the kernel real-time clock makes use of DSRs, as do many
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66 of the device drivers. "
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68 cdl_interface CYGINT_KERNEL_INTERRUPTS_DSRS {
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77 display "Use linked lists for DSRs"
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80 description "
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81 When DSR support is enabled the kernel must keep track of all
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82 the DSRs that are pending. This information can be kept in a
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85 period of time outside interrupt handlers, but there is no
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88 cdl_option CYGSEM_KERNEL_INTERRUPTS_DSRS_LIST_FIFO {
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91 default_value 1
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94 otherwise they are scheduled in LIFO (last in, first
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95 out) order. Applications should not rely on any
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96 particular order of scheduling of DSRs. LIFO
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97 scheduling is kept for backward compatibility only and
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99 times higher then FIFO) IRQ-to-DSR latencies at some
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100 (typically rare) conditions. If unsure, leave this set."
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105 cdl_component CYGIMP_KERNEL_INTERRUPTS_DSRS_TABLE {
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106 display "Use fixed-size table for DSRs"
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107 default_value 0
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109 description "
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110 When DSR support is enabled the kernel must keep track of all
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111 the DSRs that are pending. This information can be kept in a
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112 fixed-size table or in a linked list. The table
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113 implementation involves a very small risk of overflow at
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114 run-time if a given interrupt source is able to have more
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115 than one pending DSR. However it has the advantage that
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116 the kernel does not need to disable interrupts outside
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117 interrupt handlers."
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119 cdl_option CYGNUM_KERNEL_INTERRUPTS_DSRS_TABLE_SIZE {
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120 display "Number of entries in fixed-size DSR table"
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121 flavor data
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122 legal_values 2 to 1024
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123 default_value 32
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124 description "
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125 When DSR support is enabled the kernel must keep track of all
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126 the DSRs that are pending. One approach involves a fixed-size
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128 run-time. By increasing the table size it is possible to reduce
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129 this risk."
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133 cdl_option CYGIMP_KERNEL_INTERRUPTS_CHAIN {
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134 display "Chain all interrupts together"
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135 requires CYGIMP_HAL_COMMON_INTERRUPTS_CHAIN
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136 default_value 0
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137 description "
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138 Interrupts can be attached to vectors either singly, or be
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139 chained together. The latter is necessary if there is no way
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140 of discovering which device has interrupted without
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141 inspecting the device itself. It can also reduce the amount
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142 of RAM needed for interrupt decoding tables and code."
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143 }
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144 }