cexp and loadable modules

[Till Straumann]

sebastian ssmoller wrote:
> hi,
> i read something about dynamically loadable modules and rtems and i
> found "cexp". as far as i understand it, it is a shell-like prog which
> allows one to dynamically load modules into a prog(rtems) on runtime,
> right ?
> 
> if so: is it really a "shell" ? i mean is it necessary that a user types
> the regexps and the load-module commands ?

There is an API and also a simple scripting feature (you can recursively
invoke the interpreter on a file).

http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~strauman/rtems/cexp

HTH
-- Till

> 
> is there an API available so that u could write a program  which is able
> to download a specified file and load it as new task into rtems ? (like
> kernel modules in BSD or Linux) 
> 
> thx,
> regards,
> seb