[ECOS] Question about scheduler & sleep

[Andrew Lunn]

On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 11:33:46AM -0400, jyl087@netscape.net wrote:
> Bart,
> 
> Thanks for the thoughtful answer! From your reply, I think I
> can infer something else which I've been curious about...
> namely, what is the difference between cyg_scheduler_lock()
> and disabling interrupts.
> 
> It sounds like cyg_scheduler_lock() allows ISRs to run, but
> DSRs will not get scheduled. Is that right?

Yes, thats correct. This is also in the documentation somewhere,
whereas trying to sleep with the schedular locked being a bad idea is
not documented.

     Andrew

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