[ECOS] Re: how to implement EDF scheduling in eCos

[Fabian Scheler]

>>> by using the sched_info parameter of the
>>> cyg_thread_create() call as the address of a scheduler-specific data
>>> structure.
>>
>> Can you give more detail explanation how to do it? Example will be great!
>
> I was envisaging something like this:
>
>  struct cyg_edf_sched_info_t {
>    cyg_tick_count_t deadline;
>    cyg_tick_count_t wcet;
>    cyg_tick_count_t period;
>  };
>
>  cyg_edf_sched_info_t myinfo = {11, 12, 13};
>  cyg_thread_create((cyg_addrword_t) &myinfo, simple_program, ...

ah, sorry - the first parameter is meant to be some kind of generic
scheduler information parameter not necessarily a static priority. I
should have taken a closer look into the documentation before my first
comment.

Ciao, Fabian

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