Timeslicing question

[Angelo Fraietta]

Kenneth Peters wrote:

> Ugh. Thanks for the quick reply. This is ugly, though, if I have to go 
> through and retrofit my task functions to the POSIX API.
>
> At first glance, it does not look like that would work, since the 
> function code reads as too tied to POSIX threads. However, maybe a 
> straightforward modification would provide me with a Classic function 
> that would tweak the budget_algorithm. It looks like that would work, 
> but I don't know if that is a good idea or if it will mess up the 
> Classic threads (or if other Classic thread functions will not 
> preserve the unexpected budget_algorithm).

You could place a rtems_task_wake_after 1 where you require the thread 
to relinquish.

Maybe a task relinquish couild be added to the classic API for this 
exact purpose. I remeber Nucleus ATI had that function and it was useful 
for that exact purpose.

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