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diff --git a/irq_test/README b/irq_test/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9a0fac6 --- /dev/null +++ b/irq_test/README @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# +# $Id$ +# + +WARNING!!! Code is ERC32 specific. + +The directories irq_test and irq_test_c are related and provided +for performance comparisons. + +This directory contains a simple benchmark in Ada of a forced interrupt +and provides a baseline comparison point for the performance +of the GNAT implementation of Ada interrupt tasks on RTEMS. + +On 17 October 2007, this program run on TSIM reported that +this program took 315 microseconds on a 14 Mhz SPARC/ERC32 to complete +the following sequence: + + + itest: Start Timer + + itest: Force IRQ + + hidden Ada ISR Handler: Release a simple binary semaphore + + Handler Task: Wake up from an Ada entry + + Handler Task: Stop Timer + +In comparison, the irq_test_c program implementing the same +sequence but using C interrupt tasks took only 158 microseconds +on the same target. |