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Re: Atomic types
- From: Nick Garnett <nickg at ecoscentric dot com>
- To: manu shetty <shetty_m at yahoo dot com>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at ecos dot sourceware dot org
- Date: 02 Aug 2006 11:22:24 +0100
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] Atomic types
- References: <20060802071109.80325.qmail@web51702.mail.yahoo.com>
manu shetty <shetty_m@yahoo.com> writes:
> Hi,
> Please let me know the related HAL Interface for
> the below data type:
>
> Atomic types
>
> cyg_halatomic CYG_ATOMIC
>
> These types are guaranteed to be read or written in a
> single uninterruptible operation. It is architecture
> defined what size this type is, but it will be at
> least a byte.
There are no HAL interfaces that use this. It is just a type, supplied
for application use.
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Nick Garnett eCos Kernel Architect
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