Update documentation.

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Richard Barry 2007-12-06 10:19:28 +00:00
parent 6e27b6ec86
commit fb799b7647
3 changed files with 38 additions and 20 deletions

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@ -1160,25 +1160,21 @@ signed portBASE_TYPE xQueueGenericSendFromISR( xQueueHandle pxQueue, const void
signed portBASE_TYPE xQueueReceiveFromISR( xQueueHandle pxQueue, const void * const pvBuffer, signed portBASE_TYPE *pxTaskWoken );
/*
* xQueueAltGenericSend() is a light weight version of xQueueGenericSend().
* Likewise xQueueAltGenericReceive() is a light weight version of
* xQueueAltGenericSend() is an alternative version of xQueueGenericSend().
* Likewise xQueueAltGenericReceive() is an alternative version of
* xQueueGenericReceive().
*
* The source code that implements the light weight (fast) API is much
* The source code that implements the alternative (Alt) API is much
* simpler because it executes everything from within a critical section.
* This is the approach taken by many other RTOSes, but FreeRTOS.org has the
* fully featured API as an alternative. The fully featured API has more
* preferred fully featured API too. The fully featured API has more
* complex code that takes longer to execute, but makes much less use of
* critical sections. Therefore the light weight API sacrifices interrupt
* critical sections. Therefore the alternative API sacrifices interrupt
* responsiveness to gain execution speed, whereas the fully featured API
* sacrifices execution speed to ensure better interrupt responsiveness.
*/
signed portBASE_TYPE xQueueAltGenericSend( xQueueHandle pxQueue, const void * const pvItemToQueue, portTickType xTicksToWait, portBASE_TYPE xCopyPosition );
signed portBASE_TYPE xQueueAltGenericReceive( xQueueHandle pxQueue, const void * const pvBuffer, portTickType xTicksToWait, portBASE_TYPE xJustPeeking );
/*
* The light weight versions of the fully featured macros.
*/
#define xQueueAltSendToFront( xQueue, pvItemToQueue, xTicksToWait ) xQueueAltGenericSend( xQueue, pvItemToQueue, xTicksToWait, queueSEND_TO_FRONT )
#define xQueueAltSendToBack( xQueue, pvItemToQueue, xTicksToWait ) xQueueAltGenericSend( xQueue, pvItemToQueue, xTicksToWait, queueSEND_TO_BACK )
#define xQueueAltReceive( xQueue, pvBuffer, xTicksToWait ) xQueueAltGenericReceive( xQueue, pvBuffer, xTicksToWait, pdFALSE )

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@ -155,6 +155,19 @@ typedef xQueueHandle xSemaphoreHandle;
* \ingroup Semaphores
*/
#define xSemaphoreTake( xSemaphore, xBlockTime ) xQueueGenericReceive( ( xQueueHandle ) xSemaphore, NULL, xBlockTime, pdFALSE )
/*
* xSemaphoreAltTake() is an alternative version of xSemaphoreTake().
*
* The source code that implements the alternative (Alt) API is much
* simpler because it executes everything from within a critical section.
* This is the approach taken by many other RTOSes, but FreeRTOS.org has the
* preferred fully featured API too. The fully featured API has more
* complex code that takes longer to execute, but makes much less use of
* critical sections. Therefore the alternative API sacrifices interrupt
* responsiveness to gain execution speed, whereas the fully featured API
* sacrifices execution speed to ensure better interrupt responsiveness.
*/
#define xSemaphoreAltTake( xSemaphore, xBlockTime ) xQueueAltGenericReceive( ( xQueueHandle ) xSemaphore, NULL, xBlockTime, pdFALSE )
/**
@ -215,6 +228,19 @@ typedef xQueueHandle xSemaphoreHandle;
* \ingroup Semaphores
*/
#define xSemaphoreGive( xSemaphore ) xQueueGenericSend( ( xQueueHandle ) xSemaphore, NULL, semGIVE_BLOCK_TIME, queueSEND_TO_BACK )
/*
* xSemaphoreAltGive() is an alternative version of xSemaphoreGive().
*
* The source code that implements the alternative (Alt) API is much
* simpler because it executes everything from within a critical section.
* This is the approach taken by many other RTOSes, but FreeRTOS.org has the
* preferred fully featured API too. The fully featured API has more
* complex code that takes longer to execute, but makes much less use of
* critical sections. Therefore the alternative API sacrifices interrupt
* responsiveness to gain execution speed, whereas the fully featured API
* sacrifices execution speed to ensure better interrupt responsiveness.
*/
#define xSemaphoreAltGive( xSemaphore ) xQueueAltGenericSend( ( xQueueHandle ) xSemaphore, NULL, semGIVE_BLOCK_TIME, queueSEND_TO_BACK )
/**
@ -313,7 +339,7 @@ typedef xQueueHandle xSemaphoreHandle;
*
* Mutex type semaphores cannot be used from within interrupt service routines.
*
* See xSemaphoreCreateBinary() for an alternative implemnetation that can be
* See xSemaphoreCreateBinary() for an alternative implementation that can be
* used for pure synchronisation (where one task or interrupt always 'gives' the
* semaphore and another always 'takes' the semaphore) and from within interrupt
* service routines.