From 1ca951cebfe261c60f694173607a8346813fa6ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Sherrill Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 20:05:48 +0000 Subject: Added information based on comments from Katsu Shibuya. --- doc/user/sem.t | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/user/sem.t') diff --git a/doc/user/sem.t b/doc/user/sem.t index 8d5d512d79..47eca9614b 100644 --- a/doc/user/sem.t +++ b/doc/user/sem.t @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3