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authorJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>1997-08-04 20:05:48 +0000
committerJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>1997-08-04 20:05:48 +0000
commit1ca951cebfe261c60f694173607a8346813fa6ec (patch)
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parentFixed node links. (diff)
downloadrtems-1ca951cebfe261c60f694173607a8346813fa6ec.tar.bz2
Added information based on comments from Katsu Shibuya.
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@@ -502,8 +502,6 @@ defined by RTEMS:
@item GLOBAL - global task
@end itemize
-
-
Semaphores should not be made global unless remote
tasks must interact with the created semaphore. This is to
avoid the system overhead incurred by the creation of a global
@@ -725,6 +723,9 @@ access the semaphore. If the semaphore is not available and
the semaphore is released. A proxy is allocated on the remote
node to represent the task until the semaphore is released.
+A clock tick is required to support the timeout functionality of
+this directive.
+
@page
@ifinfo
@node SEMAPHORE_RELEASE - Release a semaphore, Message Manager, SEMAPHORE_OBTAIN - Acquire a semaphore, Semaphore Manager Directives