On 5/5/2014 9:47 AM, Sebastian Huber wrote: > On 2014-05-05 16:36, Sebastian Huber wrote: >> On 2014-05-05 16:24, Joel Sherrill wrote: >>> On 5/5/2014 9:21 AM, Sebastian Huber wrote: >>>> On 2014-05-05 16:11, Joel Sherrill wrote: >>>>> A significant portion of this is not SMP specific. >>>> Which significant portion is not SMP specific? All terms listed here are >>>> important to understand the SMP scheduler. I want to add a description of >>>> the >>>> SMP scheduler later and it is important that we have clearly defined >>>> terms. In >>>> particular the four states (blocked, ready, scheduled, in the air) are >>>> vital. >>>> >>> Task, Scheduler, blocked and ready apply to all configurations off the >>> top of my head. >>> >> We can also create a global glossary. > Ok, I looked at the global glossary: > > http://rtems.org/onlinedocs/doc-current/share/rtems/html/c_user/Glossary.html#Glossary > > Should I move it to here and add highlight SMP specifics? > That would be better. It may also be worth adding something like "these terms are the same in uniprocessor and SMP configurations, but in SMP configurations, there are the following subtle nuances that an application developer should be aware of:"
This would give a nice way to emphasize that SMP changes things in big ways (discuss those here) and subtle ways. -- Joel Sherrill, Ph.D. Director of Research & Development joel.sherr...@oarcorp.com On-Line Applications Research Ask me about RTEMS: a free RTOS Huntsville AL 35805 Support Available (256) 722-9985 _______________________________________________ rtems-devel mailing list rtems-devel@rtems.org http://www.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/rtems-devel
