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<tr><td colspan='3' bgcolor='#dddddd'><pre>2011-05-18 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
* user/conf.t: Slight rework to deemphasize not using confdefs.h
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<font color='#006600'>diff -u rtems/doc/ChangeLog:1.307 rtems/doc/ChangeLog:1.308
--- rtems/doc/ChangeLog:1.307 Thu May 12 11:26:51 2011
+++ rtems/doc/ChangeLog Wed May 18 18:00:49 2011
</font><font color='#997700'>@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
</font><font color='#000088'>+2011-05-18 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
+
+ * user/conf.t: Slight rework to deemphasize not using confdefs.h
+
</font> 2011-05-12 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrilL@OARcorp.com>
* index.html.in, common/opengroup_manpage_acknowledgement.texi,
<font color='#006600'>diff -u rtems/doc/user/conf.t:1.68 rtems/doc/user/conf.t:1.69
--- rtems/doc/user/conf.t:1.68 Wed Mar 16 11:39:16 2011
+++ rtems/doc/user/conf.t Wed May 18 18:00:50 2011
</font><font color='#997700'>@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
</font><font color='#880000'>-@c COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2008.
</font><font color='#000088'>+@c COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2011.
</font> @c On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR).
@c All rights reserved.
@c
<font color='#997700'>@@ -855,7 +855,16 @@
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@end itemize
<font color='#880000'>-@section Configuration Table
</font><font color='#000088'>+@section Configuration Data Structures
+
+It is recommended that applications be configured using
+@code{rtems/confdefs.h} as it is simpler and insulates applications from
+changes in the underlying data structures. However, it is sometimes
+important to understand the data structures that are automatically filled
+in by the configuration parametes. This section describes the primary
+configuration data structures.
+
+@subsection Configuration Table
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@cindex Configuration Table
@cindex RTEMS Configuration Table
<font color='#997700'>@@ -1104,7 +1113,7 @@
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@end table
<font color='#880000'>-@section RTEMS API Configuration Table
</font><font color='#000088'>+@subsection RTEMS API Configuration Table
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@cindex RTEMS API Configuration Table
<font color='#997700'>@@ -1261,7 +1270,7 @@
</font>
@end table
<font color='#880000'>-@section POSIX API Configuration Table
</font><font color='#000088'>+@subsection POSIX API Configuration Table
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@cindex POSIX API Configuration Table
<font color='#997700'>@@ -1443,7 +1452,7 @@
</font>
@end table
<font color='#880000'>-@section CPU Dependent Information Table
</font><font color='#000088'>+@subsection CPU Dependent Information Table
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@cindex CPU Dependent Information Table
<font color='#997700'>@@ -1458,7 +1467,7 @@
</font> The @code{rtems/confdefs.h} mechanism does not support generating this
table. It is normally filled in by the Board Support Package.
<font color='#880000'>-@section Initialization Task Table
</font><font color='#000088'>+@subsection Initialization Task Table
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@cindex Initialization Tasks Table
<font color='#997700'>@@ -1538,7 +1547,7 @@
</font> @};
@end example
<font color='#880000'>-@section Driver Address Table
</font><font color='#000088'>+@subsection Driver Address Table
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@cindex Device Driver Table
<font color='#997700'>@@ -1607,7 +1616,7 @@
</font> operation of device drivers is provided in the I/O Manager
chapter.
<font color='#880000'>-@section User Extensions Table
</font><font color='#000088'>+@subsection User Extensions Table
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@cindex User Extensions Table
<font color='#997700'>@@ -1751,7 +1760,7 @@
</font> More information regarding the user extensions is
provided in the User Extensions chapter.
<font color='#880000'>-@section Multiprocessor Configuration Table
</font><font color='#000088'>+@subsection Multiprocessor Configuration Table
</font>
@cindex Multiprocessor Configuration Table
<font color='#997700'>@@ -1862,7 +1871,7 @@
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@end table
<font color='#880000'>-@section Multiprocessor Communications Interface Table
</font><font color='#000088'>+@subsection Multiprocessor Communications Interface Table
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@cindex Multiprocessor Communications Interface Table
<font color='#997700'>@@ -1932,7 +1941,7 @@
</font> More information regarding the required functionality of these
entry points is provided in the Multiprocessor chapter.
<font color='#880000'>-@section Determining Memory Requirements
</font><font color='#000088'>+@subsection Determining Memory Requirements
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Since memory is a critical resource in many real-time
embedded systems, the RTEMS Classic API was specifically designed to allow
<font color='#997700'>@@ -2000,7 +2009,7 @@
</font> letter to avoid any naming conflicts. All RTEMS directive names
should be treated as reserved words.
<font color='#880000'>-@section Sizing the RTEMS RAM Workspace
</font><font color='#000088'>+@subsection Sizing the RTEMS RAM Workspace
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The RTEMS RAM Workspace is a user-specified block of
memory reserved for use by RTEMS. The application should NOT
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