[ECOS] When to enable the IE bit of MIPS status register in eCos?

[Michael Anburaj]

Hi,

The following line of code at HAL_THREAD_INIT_CONTEXT() of 
hal/mips/arch/current/include/ hal_arch.h enables the IE bit of the SR image 
(in the prepared context):

(_regs_)->sr  = 0x00000001;                       /* SR = ls 3 bits only    
*/      \

This prepared SR image gets to the STATUS register, when loading the context 
of the ecos Application to be run from Redboot, look at the following code 
in hal_thread_load_context() of hal/mips/arch/current/src/context.s:

	lw	a2,mipsreg_sr(sp)		# A2 = saved SR
	lsp	sp,sp			# SP = saved SP

	hal_cpu_int_merge a2			# Merge with current SR


So when the new ecos RAM application is booted using Redboot (in ROM) the IE 
bit get enabled automaticaly.

I just took a quick look & giving you this piece of info. (I may be wrong! 
:-) )



>From: kjlin@aviqtech.com
>To: ecos-discuss@sources.redhat.com
>Subject: [ECOS] When to enable the IE bit of MIPS status register in eCos?
>Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:27:08 +0800
>
>Hi all,
>
>I am quite new in the eCos world.
>I tried to port eCos to my MIPS platform, but i got a question.
>In what stage will the eCos kernel enable the IE bit (global interrupt
>enable) of the STATUS register?
>Or i have to do it in cyg_user_start() function by myself?
>Will it make the system unstable if i enable the IE bit early in the
>hal_platform_init() function?
>Any hints are appreciated.
>Thanks,
>
>KJ
>
>
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