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+Code Tuning Parameters
+######################
+
+Inline Thread_Enable_dispatch
+=============================
+
+Should the calls to _Thread_Enable_dispatch be inlined?
+
+If TRUE, then they are inlined.
+
+If FALSE, then a subroutine call is made.
+
+Basically this is an example of the classic trade-off of size versus
+speed.  Inlining the call (TRUE) typically increases the size of RTEMS
+while speeding up the enabling of dispatching.
+
+[NOTE: In general, the _Thread_Dispatch_disable_level will only be 0 or 1
+unless you are in an interrupt handler and that interrupt handler invokes
+the executive.] When not inlined something calls _Thread_Enable_dispatch
+which in turns calls _Thread_Dispatch.  If the enable dispatch is inlined,
+then one subroutine call is avoided entirely.]
+.. code:: c
+
+    #define CPU_INLINE_ENABLE_DISPATCH       FALSE
+
+Inline Thread_queue_Enqueue_priority
+====================================
+
+Should the body of the search loops in _Thread_queue_Enqueue_priority be
+unrolled one time?  In unrolled each iteration of the loop examines two
+"nodes" on the chain being searched.  Otherwise, only one node is examined
+per iteration.
+
+If TRUE, then the loops are unrolled.
+
+If FALSE, then the loops are not unrolled.
+
+The primary factor in making this decision is the cost of disabling and
+enabling interrupts (_ISR_Flash) versus the cost of rest of the body of
+the loop.  On some CPUs, the flash is more expensive than one iteration of
+the loop body.  In this case, it might be desirable to unroll the loop.
+It is important to note that on some CPUs, this code is the longest
+interrupt disable period in RTEMS.  So it is necessary to strike a balance
+when setting this parameter.
+.. code:: c
+
+    #define CPU_UNROLL_ENQUEUE_PRIORITY      TRUE
+
+Structure Alignment Optimization
+================================
+
+The following macro may be defined to the attribute setting used to force
+alignment of critical RTEMS structures.  On some processors it may make
+sense to have these aligned on tighter boundaries than the minimum
+requirements of the compiler in order to have as much of the critical data
+area as possible in a cache line.  This ensures that the first access of
+an element in that structure fetches most, if not all, of the data
+structure and places it in the data cache.  Modern CPUs often have cache
+lines of at least 16 bytes and thus a single access implicitly fetches
+some surrounding data and places that unreferenced data in the cache.
+Taking advantage of this allows RTEMS to essentially prefetch critical
+data elements.
+
+The placement of this macro in the declaration of the variables is based
+on the syntactically requirements of the GNU C "__attribute__" extension.
+For another toolset, the placement of this macro could be incorrect.  For
+example with GNU C, use the following definition of
+CPU_STRUCTURE_ALIGNMENT to force a structures to a 32 byte boundary.
+
+#define CPU_STRUCTURE_ALIGNMENT __attribute__ ((aligned (32)))
+
+To benefit from using this, the data must be heavily used so it will stay
+in the cache and used frequently enough in the executive to justify
+turning this on.  NOTE:  Because of this, only the Priority Bit Map table
+currently uses this feature.
+
+The following illustrates how the CPU_STRUCTURE_ALIGNMENT is defined on
+ports which require no special alignment for optimized access to data
+structures:
+.. code:: c
+
+    #define CPU_STRUCTURE_ALIGNMENT
+
+Data Alignment Requirements
+===========================
+
+Data Element Alignment
+----------------------
+
+The CPU_ALIGNMENT macro should be set to the CPU’s worst alignment
+requirement for data types on a byte boundary.  This is typically the
+alignment requirement for a C double. This alignment does not take into
+account the requirements for the stack.
+
+The following sets the CPU_ALIGNMENT macro to 8 which indicates that there
+is a basic C data type for this port which much be aligned to an 8 byte
+boundary.
+.. code:: c
+
+    #define CPU_ALIGNMENT              8
+
+Heap Element Alignment
+----------------------
+
+The CPU_HEAP_ALIGNMENT macro is set to indicate the byte alignment
+requirement for data allocated by the RTEMS Code Heap Handler.  This
+alignment requirement may be stricter than that for the data types
+alignment specified by CPU_ALIGNMENT.  It is common for the heap to follow
+the same alignment requirement as CPU_ALIGNMENT.  If the CPU_ALIGNMENT is
+strict enough for the heap, then this should be set to CPU_ALIGNMENT. This
+macro is necessary to ensure that allocated memory is properly aligned for
+use by high level language routines.
+
+The following example illustrates how the CPU_HEAP_ALIGNMENT macro is set
+when the required alignment for elements from the heap is the same as the
+basic CPU alignment requirements.
+.. code:: c
+
+    #define CPU_HEAP_ALIGNMENT         CPU_ALIGNMENT
+
+NOTE:  This does not have to be a power of 2.  It does have to be greater
+or equal to than CPU_ALIGNMENT.
+
+Partition Element Alignment
+---------------------------
+
+The CPU_PARTITION_ALIGNMENT macro is set to indicate the byte alignment
+requirement for memory buffers allocated by the RTEMS Partition Manager
+that is part of the Classic API.  This alignment requirement may be
+stricter than that for the data types alignment specified by
+CPU_ALIGNMENT.  It is common for the partition to follow the same
+alignment requirement as CPU_ALIGNMENT.  If the CPU_ALIGNMENT is strict
+enough for the partition, then this should be set to CPU_ALIGNMENT.  This
+macro is necessary to ensure that allocated memory is properly aligned for
+use by high level language routines.
+
+The following example illustrates how the CPU_PARTITION_ALIGNMENT macro is
+set when the required alignment for elements from the RTEMS Partition
+Manager is the same as the basic CPU alignment requirements.
+
+.. code:: c
+
+    #define CPU_PARTITION_ALIGNMENT    CPU_ALIGNMENT
+
+NOTE:  This does not have to be a power of 2.  It does have to be greater
+or equal to than CPU_ALIGNMENT.
+
+.. COMMENT: COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2002.
+
+.. COMMENT: On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR).
+
+.. COMMENT: All rights reserved.
+