[ECOS] C API for timer and watchdog

[Jonathan Larmour]

Sam Sortais wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am using eCos on PC and was hopping to use C API but found different issues:
> 
> 1) I noticed a watchdog component in the code, (not found in PC latest doc, maybe under development ?) so I was wondering if it was supported by PC platform.
> Looking at the code it seems support is there and use an emulation mode with RTC.
> However the only interface seems to be in C++ and if I want to do call in C I will have to write a wrapper.

Sorry yes.

> On the same topic I did not found a wrapper for Timer API in C.
> Is the only way to use POSIX interface ?

Actually you can use the C library time() function.

> 2)Still about API, is there anyway (in C) to know what is the current state of a thread ?

There isn't a well defined way, but you can access the "state" member of a
cyg_thread structure. The values are:

        RUNNING    = 0,          // Thread is runnable or running
        SLEEPING   = 1,          // Thread is waiting for something to
happen
        COUNTSLEEP = 2,          // Sleep in counted manner
        SUSPENDED  = 4,          // Suspend count is non-zero
        CREATING   = 8,          // Thread is being created
        EXITED     = 16,         // Thread has exited


> 3) After loading and starting an application with RedBoot, I was hopping to go back to RedBoot when the application terminate, so I can load a new one. Is it the way it is supposed to work ?

If you load using GDB this happens (when you quit GDB, which sends a "kill"
packet). If you load directly it doesn't.

Jifl
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