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author | Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com> | 2000-05-04 19:45:17 +0000 |
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committer | Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com> | 2000-05-04 19:45:17 +0000 |
commit | adee597960ce3c5ff0ce303ae9ac25b7eebdfe32 (patch) | |
tree | 4c316747f2c69a4a96edc22964add7939a965c72 /doc/user/mp.t | |
parent | New file. (diff) | |
download | rtems-adee597960ce3c5ff0ce303ae9ac25b7eebdfe32.tar.bz2 |
Numerous changes based on comments from Stephan Wilms <Stephan.Wilms@CWA.de>
including a new section in the Getting Started called "Where to
Go From Here", lots of index entries added, and more configuration
table information.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/user/mp.t')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/user/mp.t b/doc/user/mp.t index 5840d64ebb..69863ba872 100644 --- a/doc/user/mp.t +++ b/doc/user/mp.t @@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ been initialized. This component should be adhere to the following prototype: @ifset is-C +@findex rtems_mpci_entry @example @group rtems_mpci_entry user_mpci_initialization( @@ -465,13 +466,15 @@ MPCI layers will be built upon hardware which support a broadcast mechanism, others may be required to generate a copy of the packet for each node in the system. -Many MPCI layers use the packet_length field of the MP_packet_prefix +@c XXX packet_prefix structure needs to be defined in this document +Many MPCI layers use the @code{packet_length} field of the +@code{@value{DIRPREFIX}packet_prefix} portion of the packet to avoid sending unnecessary data. This is especially useful if the media connecting the nodes is relatively slow. The to_convert field of the MP_packet_prefix portion of the packet indicates -how much of the packet (in unsigned32's) may require conversion in a -heterogeneous system. +how much of the packet (in @code{@value{DIRPREFIX}unsigned32}'s) may require +conversion in a heterogeneous system. @subsection Supporting Heterogeneous Environments |