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author | patacongo <patacongo@42af7a65-404d-4744-a932-0658087f49c3> | 2009-11-05 23:14:34 +0000 |
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Document workqueue configuration
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diff --git a/nuttx/Documentation/NuttxPortingGuide.html b/nuttx/Documentation/NuttxPortingGuide.html index dec31beea..c3093d8b7 100644 --- a/nuttx/Documentation/NuttxPortingGuide.html +++ b/nuttx/Documentation/NuttxPortingGuide.html @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ <h1><big><font color="#3c34ec"> <i>NuttX RTOS Porting Guide</i> </font></big></h1> - <p>Last Updated: September 15, 2009</p> + <p>Last Updated: November 5, 2009</p> </td> </tr> </table> @@ -2124,12 +2124,40 @@ extern void up_ledoff(int led); <code>CONFIG_SDCLONE_DISABLE</code>: Disable cloning of all socket desciptors by task_create() when a new task is started. If set, all sockets will appear to be closed in the new task. - </li>: + </li> <li> <code>CONFIG_NXFLAT</code>: Enable support for the NXFLAT binary format. This format will support execution of NuttX binaries located in a ROMFS filesystem (see <code>examples/nxflat</code>). </li> + <li> + <code>CONFIG_SCHED_WORKQUEUE</code>: Create a dedicated "worker" thread to + handle delayed processing from interrupt handlers. This feature + is required for some drivers but, if there are not complaints, + can be safely disabled. The worker thread also performs + garbage collection -- completing any delayed memory deallocations + from interrupt handlers. If the worker thread is disabled, + then that clean will be performed by the IDLE thread instead + (which runs at the lowest of priority and may not be appropriate + if memory reclamation is of high priority). If CONFIG_SCHED_WORKQUEUE + is enabled, then the following options can also be used: + </li> + <li> + <code>CONFIG_SCHED_WORKPRIORITY</code>: The execution priority of the worker + thread. Default: 50 + </li> + <li> + <code>CONFIG_SCHED_WORKPERIOD</code>: How often the worker thread checks for + work. Default: 50 MS. + </li> + <li> + <code>CONFIG_SCHED_WORKSTACKSIZE</code>: The stack size allocated for the worker + thread. Default: CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE. + </li> + <li> + <code>CONFIG_SIG_SIGWORK</code>: The signal number that will be used to wake-up + the worker thread. Default: 4 + </li> </ul> <p> |