Re: [Xenomai-help] resume/suspend periodic timing issue

[Philippe Gerum <rpm@xenomai.org>]

Steven Seeger wrote:
> Right, so if a thread is suspended voluntarily it should just ignore the
> clock tick.

Precisely not, it should be aware that time keeps advancing regardless of its own 
status, suspended or not.

  I think I will read more about RTOSs and see if I change my
> mind, but for now I think that this is a poor design on our part. However,
> xenomai is what I fought hard to use for these projects, so I guess I'll
> have to stick with it. :)
> 
> Steven
> 
> On 2/28/06 7:29 AM, "Philippe Gerum" <rpm@xenomai.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Because set_periodic/wait_period are about defining a series of absolute dates
>>forming a continuous timeline, the fact that a thread goes suspending instead
>>of 
>>waiting for the next work cycle does not change the fact that the clock is
>>still 
>>ticking.
> 
> 
> 


-- 

Philippe.