_Context_Switch call

[Joel Sherrill]

Ahmet Akkas wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Could you please tell me why Context Switch routine is called at
> the beginning of the multitasking? The following is the sequence
> of the calls until _Context_Switch() is called. Thanks in advance.
> 
> in  ...(board)/startup/main.c
>     rtems_initialize_executive_late( bsp_isr_level );
> 
> in .../exec/sapi/src/exinit.c
>     _Thread_Start_multitasking();
> 
> in .../exec/score/src/threadstartmultitasking.c
>     _Context_Switch( &_Thread_BSP_context, &_Thread_Heir->Registers );

Exactly. :)

What you are seeing is that the state of the CPU at initialization
is saved into "_Thread_BSP_context" so RTEMS can return to the
BSP's exit code when rtems_shutdown_executive is invoked (see exit()).

Guessing ahead .. you have executed this far and are getting a
falt of some sort inside the 1st context switch.  Here are common
culprits :):

  + Since this is the first time you are switching TO a task, it
    is the 1st time a context YOU initialized is being loaded.
    So you may have initialized the context incorrectly.  You
    may also have simply restored it incorrectly.
  + You may have enabled interrupts in the restore portion of the
    switch.  Prior to this call interrupts are off.  This is where
    interrupts get enabled for the first time.  If the board is
    generating an unexpected interrupt, then it happens when you
    enable interrupts (restore processor status/controls register).

> Ahmet

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