@c @c COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2008. @c On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR). @c All rights reserved. @c @c $Id$ @c @chapter Configuration and Initialization @section Introduction This chapter provides information on how the application configures and intializes the RTEMS shell. @c @c @c @section Configuration The command set available to the application is user configurable. It is configured using a mechanism similar to the @code{confdefs.h} mechanism used to specify application configuration. In the simplest case, if the user wishes to configure a command set with all commands available that are neither filesystem management (e.g. mounting, formating, etc.) or network related, then the following is all that is required: @smallexample #define CONFIGURE_SHELL_COMMANDS_INIT #define CONFIGURE_SHELL_COMMANDS_ALL #include @end smallexample In a slightly more complex example, if the user wishes to include all networking commands as well as support for mounting MS-DOS and NFS filesystems, then the following is all that is required: @smallexample #define CONFIGURE_SHELL_COMMANDS_INIT #define CONFIGURE_SHELL_COMMANDS_ALL #define CONFIGURE_SHELL_MOUNT_MSDOS #define CONFIGURE_SHELL_MOUNT_NFS #include @end smallexample @subsection Customizing the Command Set The user can configure specific command sets by either building up the set from individual commands or starting with a complete set and disabling individual commands. Each command has two configuration macros associated with it. @table @b @item @code{CONFIGURE_SHELL_COMMAND_XXX} Each command has a constant of this form which is defined when building a command set by individually enabling specific commands. @item @code{CONFIGURE_SHELL_NO_COMMAND_XXX} In contrast, each command has a similar command which is defined when the application is configuring a command set by disabling specific commands in the set. @end table @subsection Adding Custom Commands One of the design goals of the RTEMS Shell was to make it easy for a user to add custom commands specific to their application. We believe this design goal was accomplished. In order to add a custom command, the user is required to do the following: @itemize @bullet @item Provide a @i{main-style} function which implements the command. If that command function uses a @code{getopt} related function to parse arguments, it @b{MUST} use the reentrant form. @item Provide a command definition structure of type @code{rtems_shell_cmd_t}. @item Configure that command using the @code{CONFIGURE_SHELL_USER_COMMANDS} macro. @end itemize Custom aliases are configured similarly but the user only provides an alias definition structure of type @code{rtems_shell_alias_t} and configures the alias via the @code{CONFIGURE_SHELL_USER_ALIASES} macro. In the following example, we have implemented a custom command named @code{usercmd} which simply prints the arguments it was passed. We have also provided an alias for @code{usercmd} named @code{userecho}. @smallexample #include int main_usercmd(int argc, char **argv) @{ int i; printf( "UserCommand: argc=%d\n", argc ); for (i=0 ; i @end smallexample Notice in the above example, that the user wrote the @i{main} for their command (e.g. @code{main_usercmd}) which looks much like any other @code{main()}. They then defined a @code{rtems_shell_cmd_t} structure named @code{Shell_USERCMD_Command} which describes that command. This command definition structure is registered into the static command set by defining @code{CONFIGURE_SHELL_USER_COMMANDS} to @code{&Shell_USERCMD_Command}. Similarly, to add the @code{userecho} alias, the user provides the alias definition structure named @code{Shell_USERECHO_Alias} and defines @code{CONFIGURE_SHELL_USER_ALIASES} to configure the alias. The user can configure any number of commands and aliases in this manner. @c @c @c @section Initialization The shell may be easily attached to a serial port or to the @code{telnetd} server. This section describes how that is accomplished. @c @c @c @subsection Attached to a Serial Port Starting the shell attached to the console or a serial port is very simple. The user invokes @code{rtems_shell_init} with parameters to indicate the characteristics of the task that will be executing the shell including name, stack size, and priority. The user also specifies the device that the shell is to be attached to. This example is taken from the @code{fileio} sample test. This shell portion of this test can be run on any target which provides a console with input and output capabilities. It does not include any commands which cannot be supported on all BSPs. The source code for this test is in @code{testsuites/samples/fileio} with the shell configuration in the @code{init.c} file. @smallexample #include void start_shell(void) @{ printf(" =========================\n"); printf(" starting shell\n"); printf(" =========================\n"); rtems_shell_init( "SHLL", /* task name */ RTEMS_MINIMUM_STACK_SIZE * 4, /* task stack size */ 100, /* task priority */ "/dev/console", /* device name */ 0, /* run forever */ 1 /* wait for shell to terminate */ ); @} @end smallexample In the above example, the call to @code{rtems_shell_init} spawns a task to run the RTEMS Shell attached to @code{/dev/console} and executing at priority 100. The caller suspends itself and lets the shell take over the console device. When the shell is exited by the user, then control returns to the caller. @c @c @c @subsection Attached to a Socket TBD @section Functions This section describes the Shell related C functions which are publicly available related to initialization and configuration. @page @subsection rtems_shell_init - initialize the shell @cindex initialization @subheading CALLING SEQUENCE: @findex rtems_shell_init @example rtems_status_code rtems_shell_init ( char *task_name, uint32_t task_stacksize, rtems_task_priority task_priority, char *devname, tcflag_t tcflag, int forever ); @end example @subheading DIRECTIVE STATUS CODES: @code{RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL} - Shell task spawned successfully@* others - to indicate a failure condition @subheading DESCRIPTION: This service creates a task with the specified characteristics to run the RTEMS Shell attached to the specified @code{devname}. @subheading NOTES: This method invokes the @code{rtems_task_create} and @code{rtems_task_start} directives and as such may return any status code that those directives may return.