Problems with rtems_timer_create

[Camilo Alejandro Arboleda]

El mié, 13 jun 2001 12:46:58 Joel Sherrill escribió:
> Does the ticker.exe sample run on your hardware?  
 
Yes, it does. And I have APPLICATION_NEED_CLOCK_DRIVER and 
APPLICATION_NEED_TIMER_DRIVER defined.
> 
> Camilo Alejandro Arboleda wrote:
> > 
> > Hello:
> > 
> > I am using RTEMS 4.5.0 with pc386 BSP. I have a problem (may be a bug?): 
If I
> > try to create a timer (using rtems_timer_create) I get a system hang-up.  
At
> > the very begining I though it was because a mistake in configuration 
options,
> > so I cheched them and they were OK.
> > 
> > Then I tried compiling my application for the Posix BSP. After that I 
tried
> > to follow the program execution using GDB, but it was not able to insert a
> > breakpoint inside rtems_timer_create function or even step into it, at the
> > calling point the application failed. So, I put a lot of debuging messages
> > inside rtems_timer_create (using printk), recompiled the system and tried 
to
> > run my application again (with pc386 BSP), but I did not see a single
> > message, only a system hang-up.
> > 
> > Have someone had the same problem? Could it be a gcc problem? or, did I 
miss
> > some configuration option while compiling RTEMS?
> > 
> > I thank you any help.
> > 

Camilo Alejandro Arboleda
Ingeniero de Proyectos
Ascom Colombia S.A.
http://www.ascom.com