On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 03:59:59PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello :
> I have received answers to my question RE : rtl task brings the host
> down.
> Victor Yodaiken asked me what is the value of SPEED in the code
> if ( pthread_make_periodic_np( mem_tasks[1], gethrtime(), SPEED*300000000 )
> printk ("\n MEM Thread 2 is periodic now\n");
>
> The value of SPEED is 3000.
300,000,000 * 3000 = 900,000,000,000 which is 900 seconds assuming gcc is doing the
64 bit arithmetic right.
Do you get any compiler warnings?
This should work, but try a smaller period just to make sure. I'll go look at
the code again.
> What is the maximum period that can be assigned to a rt periodic task ?
> It could be why I am having a problem -- the period is too large.
>
> Sincerely,
> Olga
>
>
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