Help: timer_create() blocks all system?!

[Alex]

Hi,
I am trying to use timers in rtems. I have the following sample:

#include <bsp.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#ifndef _POSIX_TIMERS
   #error "rtems is supposed to have timer_create"
#endif

void sigalarm(int signo, siginfo_t*extra, void*cruft)
{
	printf( "\nSIGALARM CALLED...\n");
}

timer_t mytimer;

rtems_task Init(rtems_task_argument ignored)
{
  struct sigevent 	evp;
  int              	result;
  struct itimerspec 	ts;
  int 			i;
  sigset_t 		sigmask;

  //0. signal handler
  struct sigaction act;
  sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
  act.sa_flags=SA_SIGINFO;
  act.sa_sigaction=sigalarm;
  if(sigaction(SIGRTMIN,&act,NULL) <0)
  {
  	printf( "\nsigaction error...\n");
	exit(0);
  }

  //1. Create timer
  evp.sigev_notify = SIGEV_SIGNAL;
  evp.sigev_signo = SIGRTMIN;
  evp.sigev_value.sival_ptr=(void*) &mytimer;

  printf( "\nBefore timer_create...\n");
  result = timer_create(CLOCK_REALTIME, &evp, &mytimer );
  printf( "\nAfter timer create...\n");

  //2. Start Timer
  ts.it_interval.tv_sec=5;
  ts.it_interval.tv_nsec=10000;
  ts.it_value=ts.it_interval;
  result=timer_settime(mytimer,0,&ts,NULL);
  printf( "\nAfter timer settime...\n");

  for(i=0;i<200000;i++) ;

  sigemptyset(&sigmask);

  sigsuspend(&sigmask);

  printf( "\nSome signal has arrived...\n");

  timer_delete(mytimer);
  exit(0);
}

/* configuration information */

#define CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_TIMER_DRIVER
#define CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_CONSOLE_DRIVER
#define CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_CLOCK_DRIVER
#define CONFIGURE_APPLICATION_NEEDS_STUB_DRIVER
#define CONFIGURE_RTEMS_INIT_TASKS_TABLE
#define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_TASKS 1
#define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_POSIX_TIMERS 10
#define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_TIMERS 10
#define CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_RTEMS_TIMERS 10
#define CONFIGURE_INIT
#include <confdefs.h>
/* end of file */


Why the program hangs in the timer_create() POSIX function?
Any help?
In the mailling list I saw a message with a doubt like this one
but doent helped me... :-(

Thanks in advance...

Alex

PS: I am a beginner in RTEMS world
BSP=i686
	
Alex


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