Scheduling without Timeslice...

[Cedric Aubert]

> No.  You are right.
> 
> This is an old configuration hack to be able to
dynamically turn
> libc reentrancy on and off.  I doubt that this is
useful anymore
> and probably should be killed.  It is better to just
always have
> reentrancy on.
> 
> If we want the ability to turn it off without
recompiling the
> BSP, then there should be another mechanism.
> 

So, should I made a patch to remove this feature ? and
force libc to be reentrant ?

> >>    void bsp_libc_init(...)
> >>    {
> >>        ...
> >>        if ( BSP_Configuration.ticks_per_timeslice
> 0 )
> >>          libc_init(1);                /*
reentrant if
> >> possible */
> >>        else
> >>          libc_init(0);                /*
non-reentrant
> >> */
> >>    }


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