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authorJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>2010-11-01 15:58:26 +0000
committerJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>2010-11-01 15:58:26 +0000
commitb0ceb59bc49d6fb2cd7f63dabaec5ce62d320433 (patch)
tree6ce16e4bf70360af58f3170065af292830808b58
parent6918195e0c6168e31a9fc939f410322572e56023 (diff)
2010-11-01 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrilL@OARcorp.com>
PR 1714/doc * user/datatypes.t, user/part.t: Add missing description of rtems_status_codes.
-rw-r--r--doc/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--doc/user/datatypes.t6
-rw-r--r--doc/user/part.t6
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index c0a5fcdd71..537e1e60f8 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-11-01 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrilL@OARcorp.com>
+
+ PR 1714/doc
+ * user/datatypes.t, user/part.t: Add missing description of
+ rtems_status_codes.
+
2009-07-02 Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
* user/region.t: Fix typos where semaphore referenced instead of region
diff --git a/doc/user/datatypes.t b/doc/user/datatypes.t
index 6f3e6e7ac7..45e14f2431 100644
--- a/doc/user/datatypes.t
+++ b/doc/user/datatypes.t
@@ -224,7 +224,11 @@ type that corresponds to single precision floating point
on the target hardware.
@findex rtems_status_codes
-@item @code{@value{DIRPREFIX}status_codes} is the
+@item @code{@value{DIRPREFIX}status_codes} is the return type for most
+RTEMS services. This is an enumerated type of approximately twenty-five
+values. In general, when a service returns a particular status code, it
+indicates that a very specific error condition has occurred.
+
@findex rtems_task
@item @code{@value{DIRPREFIX}task} is the return type for an
RTEMS Task.
diff --git a/doc/user/part.t b/doc/user/part.t
index e65cd44c38..9bc8ad3857 100644
--- a/doc/user/part.t
+++ b/doc/user/part.t
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
@c
-@c COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2008.
+@c COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2010.
@c On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR).
@c All rights reserved.
@c
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ RTEMS allocates a Partition Control
Block (PTCB) from the PTCB free list. This data structure is
used by RTEMS to manage the newly created partition. The number
of buffers in the partition is calculated based upon the
-specified partition length and buffer size, and returned to the
-calling task along with a unique partition ID.
+specified partition length and buffer size. If successful,the
+unique partition ID is returned to the calling task.
@subsection Obtaining Partition IDs