[rtems-docs commit] c-user/ada_support.rst: Discuss timer server and interrupt threads

Joel Sherrill joel at rtems.org
Thu Jan 19 19:06:40 UTC 2017


Module:    rtems-docs
Branch:    master
Commit:    418dee8f80affe075e5c25561bac541dffa05a8d
Changeset: http://git.rtems.org/rtems-docs/commit/?id=418dee8f80affe075e5c25561bac541dffa05a8d

Author:    Joel Sherrill <joel at rtems.org>
Date:      Thu Jan 19 13:02:38 2017 -0600

c-user/ada_support.rst: Discuss timer server and interrupt threads

---

 c-user/ada_support.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/c-user/ada_support.rst b/c-user/ada_support.rst
index 9311f93..b3a61f9 100644
--- a/c-user/ada_support.rst
+++ b/c-user/ada_support.rst
@@ -90,3 +90,10 @@ to violating assumptions in the GNAT run-time. Specifically a priority
 ceiling mutex should never be used from an ISR and it is difficult to
 predict when the Ada compiler or run-time will use a mutex.
 
+RTEMS has two capabilities which can assist in avoiding this problem. The 
+Classic API Timer Manager allows the creation of Timer Service Routines
+which execute in the context of a task rather than the clock tick
+Interrupt Service Routine. Similarly, there is support for Interrupt Tasks
+which is a mechanism to defer the processing of the event from the
+hardware interrupt level to a thread.
+



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