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32 <PART id="ecos-programming-concepts-and-techniques">
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33 <TITLE><productname>eCos</productname> Programming Concepts and Techniques</TITLE>
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34 <PARTINTRO id="programming-partintro">
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35 <PARA>Programming with <productname>eCos</productname> is somewhat different from programming
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36 in more traditional environments. <productname>eCos</productname> is a configurable open
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37 source system, and you are able to configure and build a system
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38 specifically to meet the needs of your application. </PARA>
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39 <PARA>Various different directory hierarchies are involved in
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40 configuring and building the system: the <EMPHASIS>component
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41 repository</EMPHASIS>, the <EMPHASIS>build tree</EMPHASIS>,
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42 and the <EMPHASIS>install tree</EMPHASIS>. These directories
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43 exist in addition to the ones used to develop
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44 applications.</PARA>
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45 </PARTINTRO>
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46 <CHAPTER id="cdl-concepts">
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47 <TITLE>CDL Concepts</TITLE>
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48 <SECT1 id="cdl-concepts-about">
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49 <TITLE>About this chapter</TITLE>
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50 <PARA>This chapter serves as a brief introduction to the
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51 concepts involved in <productname>eCos</productname> (Embedded Configurable Operating
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52 System). It describes the configuration architecture and the
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53 underlying technology to a level required for the embedded
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54 systems developer to configure <productname>eCos</productname>. It does not describe in
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55 detail aspects such as how to write reusable components for
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56 <productname>eCos</productname>: this information is given in the <citetitle>Component
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57 Writer&rsquo;s Guide</citetitle>.</PARA>
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58 <SECT2>
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59 <TITLE>Background</TITLE>
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60 <PARA>Software solutions for the embedded space place
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61 particularly stringent demands on the developer, typically
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62 represented as requirements for small memory footprint, high
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63 performance and robustness. These demands are addressed in
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64 <productname>eCos</productname> by providing the ability to perform compile-time
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65 specialization: the developer can tailor the operating
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66 system to suit the needs of the application. In order to
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67 make this process manageable, <productname>eCos</productname> is built in the context
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68 of a Configuration Infrastructure: a set of tools including
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69 a <application>Configuration Tool</application> and a formal
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70 description of the process of configuration by means of a
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71 <EMPHASIS>Component Definition Language</EMPHASIS>.</PARA>
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74 <TITLE>Configurations</TITLE>
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75 <PARA><productname>eCos</productname> is tailored at source level (that is, before
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76 compilation or assembly) in order to create an <productname>eCos</productname>
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77 <EMPHASIS>configuration</EMPHASIS>. In concrete terms, an
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78 <productname>eCos</productname> configuration takes the form of a configuration save
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79 file (with extension .ecc) and set of files used to build
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80 user applications (including, when built, a library file
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81 against which the application is linked). </PARA>
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84 <SECT1 id="cdl-component-repository">
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85 <TITLE>Component Repository</TITLE>
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86 <PARA><productname>eCos</productname> is shipped in source in the form of a
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87 <EMPHASIS>component repository</EMPHASIS> - a directory
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88 hierarchy that contains the sources and other files which
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89 are used to build a configuration. The component repository
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90 can be added to by, for example, downloading from the
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91 net.</PARA>
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92 </SECT1>
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94 <TITLE>Component Definition Language</TITLE>
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95 <PARA>Part of the component repository is a set of files
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96 containing a definition of its structure. The form used for
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97 this purpose is the <EMPHASIS>Component Definition
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98 Language</EMPHASIS> (CDL). CDL defines the relationships
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99 between components and other information used by tools such
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100 as the <productname>eCos</productname><APPLICATION>Configuration Tool</APPLICATION>.
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101 CDL is generally formulated by the writers of components: it
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102 is not necessary to write or understand CDL in order for the
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103 embedded systems developer to construct an <productname>eCos</productname>
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104 configuration. </PARA>
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106 <SECT1 id="cdl-packages">
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107 <TITLE>Packages</TITLE>
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108 <PARA>The building blocks of an <productname>eCos</productname> configuration are called
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110 software distribution. A set of core packages (such as
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111 kernel, C library and math library) is provided by Red Hat:
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112 additional third-party packages will be available in
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113 future.</PARA>
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114 <PARA>A package may exist in one of a number of <EMPHASIS>versions</EMPHASIS>.
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115 The default version is the <EMPHASIS>current</EMPHASIS> version.
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116 Only one version of a given package may be present in the component
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117 repository at any given time.</PARA>
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118 <PARA>Packages are organized in a tree hierarchy. Each package
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119 is either at the top-level or is the child of another package.</PARA>
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120 <PARA>The <productname>eCos</productname> <application> Package Administration Tool</application> can be used to add or remove
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121 packages from the component repository. The <productname>eCos</productname> <APPLICATION>Configuration Tool</APPLICATION> can be used to include or exclude packages from the configuration
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122 being built.</PARA>
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125 <TITLE>Configuration Items</TITLE>
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126 <PARA><EMPHASIS>Configuration items</EMPHASIS> are the
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127 individual entities that form a configuration. Each item
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128 corresponds to the setting of a C pre-processor macro (for
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130 <literal>CYGHWR_HAL_ARM_PID_GDB_BAUD</literal>).
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131 The code of <productname>eCos</productname> itself is written to test such pre-processor
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132 macros so as to tailor the code. User code can do
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133 likewise.</PARA>
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134 <PARA>Configuration items come in the following flavors:</PARA>
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137 <PARA><EMPHASIS>None</EMPHASIS>: such entities serve only as
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138 place holders in the hierarchy, allowing other entities to be grouped
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156 can be enabled or disabled and, if enabled, will hold a data value.</PARA>
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160 each configuration item has a parent which may be another configuration
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165 <TITLE>Expressions</TITLE>
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166 <PARA>Expressions are relationships between CDL items. There are
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168 <table id="cdl-expressions">
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169 <title>CDL Expressions</title>
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170 <tgroup cols="3">
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173 <entry>Expression Type</entry>
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174 <entry>Result</entry>
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175 <entry>Common Use (see <xref linkend="table-configuration-properties">)</entry></row>
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179 <entry>Ordinary</entry>
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180 <entry>A single value</entry>
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181 <entry>legal_values property</entry>
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183 <row>
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184 <entry>List</entry><entry>A range of
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185 values (for example &ldquo;1 to 10&rdquo;)</entry>
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186 <entry>legal_values property </entry></row>
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187 <row>
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188 <entry>Goal</entry><entry>True or False</entry>
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190 </tbody>
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192 </table>
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195 <TITLE>Properties</TITLE>
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196 <PARA>Each configuration item has a set of properties. The following
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197 table describes the most commonly used:</PARA>
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198 <table id="table-configuration-properties">
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199 <title>Configuration properties</title>
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200 <tgroup cols="2">
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202 <entry><emphasis>Property</emphasis></entry>
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203 <entry><emphasis>Use </emphasis></entry></row>
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207 <entry>Flavor</entry>
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208 <entry>The &ldquo;type&rdquo; of the item, as
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211 <entry>Enabled</entry><entry>Whether
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214 <entry>Current_value</entry>
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215 <entry>The current value of the item </entry></row>
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217 <entry>Default_value</entry>
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218 <entry>An ordinary expression defining the default value of the
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221 <entry>Legal_values</entry><entry>A
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225 <entry>Active_if</entry><entry>A
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226 goal expression denoting the requirement for this item to be active
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229 <entry>Requires</entry><entry>A goal
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233 <entry>Calculated</entry><entry>Whether
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246 that a particular package is related to specific hardware</entry></row>
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251 <PARA>A complete description of properties is contained in the <citetitle>Component
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255 <TITLE>Inactive Items</TITLE>
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256 <PARA>Descendants of an item that is disabled are inactive: their
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257 values may not be changed. Items may also become <EMPHASIS>inactive</EMPHASIS> if
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258 an active_if expression is used to make the item dependent
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259 on an expression involving other items. </PARA>
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263 <TITLE>Conflicts</TITLE>
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264 <PARA>Not all settings of configuration items will lead to a
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265 coherent configuration; for example, the use of a timeout
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266 facility might require the existence of timer support, so if
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267 the one is required the other cannot be removed. Coherence
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270 <EMPHASIS>requires</EMPHASIS> and
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274 order to ensure a consistent configuration. Conflict
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275 resolution can be performed manually or with the assistance
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276 of the <productname>eCos</productname> tools. Conflicts come in the following
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280 <PARA>An <EMPHASIS>unresolved</EMPHASIS> conflict means that
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307 <TITLE>Templates</TITLE>
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324 <PARA>The <productname>eCos</productname> <FIRSTTERM>component repository</FIRSTTERM>
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471 that are part of a published interface for their
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488 using the Configuration Tool will result in such manual
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551 the GNU C and C++ compilers. <productname>eCos</productname> relies on certain features of these
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562 <TITLE>Compiling a C Application</TITLE>
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591 which are recommended because they use the
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601 <TITLE>Compiling a C++ Application</TITLE>
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655 (configurable) data about the system&rsquo;s history and
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660 configure your system to use <FIRSTTERM>tracing</FIRSTTERM>.
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677 <TITLE>Hello world with tracing</TITLE>
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714 Scheduler:
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716 Lock: 0
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721 Idle Thread pri = 31 state = R id = 1
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723 sleep reason NONE wake reason NONE
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724 queue = 80000C54 wait info = 00000000
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726 &lt;null&gt; pri = 0 state = R id = 2
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728 sleep reason NONE wake reason NONE
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729 queue = 80000BD8 wait info = 00000000
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734 <TITLE>Kernel Instrumentation</TITLE>
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735 <PARA><FIRSTTERM>Instrument buffers</FIRSTTERM> can be used to
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736 find out how many events of a given type happened in the
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737 kernel during execution of a program.</PARA>
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738 <PARA>You can monitor a class of several types of events, or
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740 <PARA>Examples of <FIRSTTERM>events</FIRSTTERM> that can be
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741 monitored are:
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745 <PARA>scheduler events </PARA>
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748 <PARA>thread operations</PARA>
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751 <PARA>interrupts </PARA>
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754 <PARA>mutex operations </PARA>
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757 <PARA>binary semaphore operations </PARA>
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760 <PARA>counting semaphore operations </PARA>
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763 <PARA>clock ticks and interrupts </PARA>
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766 <PARA>Examples of fine-grained scheduler event types are: </PARA>
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769 <PARA>scheduler lock</PARA>
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772 <PARA>scheduler unlock</PARA>
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775 <PARA>rescheduling</PARA>
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778 <PARA>time slicing </PARA>
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786 <PARA>The list of records is stored in an array called <TYPE>instrument_buffer</TYPE>
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788 by setting the configuration option <literal>CYGVAR_KERNEL_INSTRUMENT_EXTERNAL_BUFFER</literal>. </PARA>
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824 , and disable them later. Look at
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826 and the examples below to see what events can be enabled. </PARA>
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827 </LISTITEM>
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828 <LISTITEM>
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829 <PARA>Place the code you want to debug between the matching
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830 functions
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831 <FUNCTION>cyg_instrument_enable()</FUNCTION>
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832 and
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833 <FUNCTION>cyg_instrument_disable()</FUNCTION>
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834 . </PARA>
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835 </LISTITEM>
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836 <LISTITEM>
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837 <PARA>Examine the buffer. For now you need to look at the data
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839 versions of <productname>eCos</productname> will include a host-side tool to help you understand
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840 the data. </PARA>
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841 </LISTITEM>
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842 </ORDEREDLIST>
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843 <EXAMPLE>
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844 <TITLE>Using instrument buffers</TITLE>
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845 <PARA>This program is also provided in the
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846 <FILENAME>examples</FILENAME> directory.
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847 </PARA>
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848 <PROGRAMLISTING>
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849 /* this is a program which uses <productname>eCos</productname> instrumentation buffers; it needs
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851 instrumentation */
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852
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853 #include &lt;stdio.h&gt;
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854 #include &lt;pkgconf/kernel.h&gt;
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855 #include &lt;cyg/kernel/instrmnt.h&gt;
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856 #include &lt;cyg/kernel/kapi.h&gt;
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857
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858 #ifndef CYGVAR_KERNEL_INSTRUMENT_EXTERNAL_BUFFER
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859 # error You must configure eCos with CYGVAR_KERNEL_INSTRUMENT_EXTERNAL_BUFFER
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860 #endif
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861
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862 struct Instrument_Record
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863 {
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864 CYG_WORD16 type; // record type
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865 CYG_WORD16 thread; // current thread id
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866 CYG_WORD timestamp; // 32 bit timestamp
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867 CYG_WORD arg1; // first arg
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868 CYG_WORD arg2; // second arg
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869 };
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870
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871 struct Instrument_Record instrument_buffer[20];
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872 cyg_uint32 instrument_buffer_size = 20;
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873
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874 int main(void)
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875 {
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876 int i;
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878 cyg_instrument_enable(CYG_INSTRUMENT_CLASS_CLOCK, 0);
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879 cyg_instrument_enable(CYG_INSTRUMENT_CLASS_THREAD, 0);
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880 cyg_instrument_enable(CYG_INSTRUMENT_CLASS_ALARM, 0);
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881
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882 printf("Program to play with instrumentation buffer\n");
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883
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884 cyg_thread_delay(2);
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886 cyg_instrument_disable(CYG_INSTRUMENT_CLASS_CLOCK, 0);
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887 cyg_instrument_disable(CYG_INSTRUMENT_CLASS_THREAD, 0);
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888 cyg_instrument_disable(CYG_INSTRUMENT_CLASS_ALARM, 0);
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889
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890 for (i = 0; i &lt; instrument_buffer_size; ++i) {
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891 printf("Record %02d: type 0x%04x, thread %d, ",
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892 i, instrument_buffer[i].type, instrument_buffer[i].thread);
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893 printf("time %5d, arg1 0x%08x, arg2 0x%08x\n",
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894 instrument_buffer[i].timestamp, instrument_buffer[i].arg1,
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895 instrument_buffer[i].arg2);
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896 }
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897 return 0;
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899 </EXAMPLE>
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902 <SCREEN>
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907 instrument-test instrument-test.o -Ttarget.ld -nostdlib
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908 $ mn10300-elf-run --board=stdeval1 instrument-test
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909 </SCREEN>
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911 <TITLE>Instrument buffer output</TITLE>
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912 <PARA>Here is the output of the
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915 with few event types enabled, it gathered 17 records. In
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916 larger programs it will be necessary to select very few
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917 event types for debugging. </PARA>
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918 <PROGRAMLISTING>Program to play with instrumentation buffer
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919 Record 00: type 0x0207, thread 2, time 6057, arg1 0x48001cd8, arg2 0x00000002
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921 Record 02: type 0x0904, thread 2, time 6358, arg1 0x48001d24, arg2 0x00000000
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936 Record 17: type 0x0000, thread 0, time 0, arg1 0x00000000, arg2 0x00000000
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938 Record 19: type 0x0000, thread 0, time 0, arg1 0x00000000, arg2 0x00000000</PROGRAMLISTING>
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