Re: [ECOS] Getting the trigger value of an Alarm -> is it possible?

[Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>]

Elias Biris wrote:
> 
> hello,
> 
> I am new to the usage of eCos and admittedly I am still trying to learn the
> ropes with RTOSes and embedded sw.
> 
> I got a question related to alarms and counters as they get handled in
> eCos. I'd like to have the ability to get the a count of how many ticks are
> remaining at any point in time till the expiration of a timer. Since the
> internals of Cyg_Alarm class are protected, and there is no api to get to
> them I thought someone may have an idea or similar experience. I could do
> something like the following :
> 
>  From the outset I am keeping the period of a timer. By getting the time of
> the last expiration I could get to find the number of ticks till the next
> expiration.
> 
> However, this is not very accurate. Any ideas ?

This may be one of the times when you find it's really useful to have the
source and customize whatever you want...

Jifl
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