IDLE task has no name?

[Till Straumann]

Whether the task name is a true string or not depends on the API.
RTEMS task names are not true strings and that's what your
software handles correctly.

However, the idle task is not an RTEMS task but 'internal'. Internal API 
object
names are true strings. You need to examine the objects information
table's 'is_string' field. (Have a look at the rtems 'monitor'.)

HTH
-- Till

Eric Norum wrote:

> I've adapted Chris Johns' capture package to provide a process  
> monitoring command for EPICS.  Here's a typical display:
>
>    PID   PRI STATE   %CPU %STK  NAME
> 09010001 255 READY   92.6    0
> 0a010022 100 READY    4.5   16  SPY
> 0a01001b 133 DELAY    1.6   24  scan0.1
> 0a01000d 109 DELAY    0.4   24  TSwdIncTimeSync
> 0a01001e 183 Wevnt    0.3   22  CAS-UDP
> 0a010004  10 Wevnt    0.1   22  ntwk
> 0a01001a 134 DELAY    0.0   24  scan0.2
> 0a010006  10 Wevnt    0.0   23  FECr
> 0a010018 136 DELAY    0.0   23  scan1
> 0a010019 135 DELAY    0.0   24  scan0.5
> 0a010017 137 DELAY    0.0   24  scan2
> 0a01001d 182 DELAY    0.0   16  CAS-beacon
> 0a010005  10 Wevnt    0.0   23  FECt
> 0a01000b 189 DELAY    0.0   24  taskwd
> 0a010016 138 DELAY    0.0   24  scan5
> 0a01001f 148 DELAY    0.0   23  seqAux
> 0a010021 148 Wmutex   0.0   19  CAC-event
> 0a010020 149 Wmutex   0.0   23  scanAcquisitionPll
> 0a01001c 181 Wevnt    0.0   22  CAS-TCP
> 0a010015 139 DELAY    0.0   24  scan10
> 0a010014 129 Wmutex   0.0   24  scanOnce
> 0a010013 139 Wmutex   0.0   24  EgRam
> 0a010012 149 Wmutex   0.0   24  dbCaLink
> 0a010011 128 Wmutex   0.0   24  cbHigh
> 0a010010 135 Wmutex   0.0   24  cbMedium
> 0a01000f 140 Wmutex   0.0   24  cbLow
> 0a01000e 129 Wmutex   0.0   23  timerQueue
> 0a01000c 109 DELAY    0.0   16  ts_syncC
> 0a01000a 149 Wmutex   0.0   20  L0
> 0a010009 149 Wmsg     0.0   24  singleTurn
> 0a010008 139 Wmutex   0.0   23  timerQueue
> 0a010007  50 Wevnt    0.0   23  RPCdrQueue
>
> There's one minor problem, though.  The 'idle' task has no RTEMS task  
> name -- or at least no printable characters in the name.   It would  
> be nice if it showed up as 'IDLE'.  Any suggestions on how to do this?
>