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authorJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>2000-05-04 19:45:17 +0000
committerJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>2000-05-04 19:45:17 +0000
commitadee597960ce3c5ff0ce303ae9ac25b7eebdfe32 (patch)
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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.
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@@ -37,11 +37,16 @@ signal is sent to a task, that task's execution path will be
"interrupted" by the ASR. Sending a signal to a task has no
effect on the receiving task's current execution state.
+@findex rtems_signal_set
+
A signal flag is used by a task (or ISR) to inform
another task of the occurrence of a significant situation.
Thirty-two signal flags are associated with each task. A
collection of one or more signals is referred to as a signal
-set. A signal set is posted when it is directed (or sent) to a
+set. The data type @code{@value{DIRPREFIX}signal_set}
+is used to manipulate signal sets.
+
+A signal set is posted when it is directed (or sent) to a
task. A pending signal is a signal that has been sent to a task
with a valid ASR, but has not been processed by that task's ASR.
@@ -216,6 +221,7 @@ The ASR should have the following calling sequence and adhere to
@value{LANGUAGE} calling conventions:
@ifset is-C
+@findex rtems_asr
@example
rtems_asr user_routine(
rtems_signal_set signals