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Table of Contents
Cyg_Alarm Alarms
Cyg_Binary_Semaphore Binary Semaphores
Cyg_Clock Clocks
Cyg_Condition_Variable Conditional Variables
Cyg_Counter Counters
Cyg_Counting_Semaphore Counting Semaphores
Cyg_Flag Flags
Cyg_Interrupt Interrupts
Cyg_Mbox Mailboxes
Cyg_Mempool_Fixed Fixed Sized Memory Allocation
Cyg_Mempool_Variable Variable Sized Memory Allocation
Cyg_Mutex Mutual Exclusion
Cyg_Scheduler Scheduler Operations
Cyg_Thread Threads


Function Index
Cyg_Alarm::Cyg_Alarm create an alarm
Cyg_Alarm::~Cyg_Alarm destroy an alarm
Cyg_Alarm::initialize initialize an alarm
Cyg_Alarm::enable enable an alarm
Cyg_Alarm::disable disable an alarm
Cyg_Alarm::get_times get trigger and interval values
Cyg_Binary_Semaphore::Cyg_Binary_Semaphore create a binary semaphore
Cyg_Binary_Semaphore::~Cyg_Binary_Semaphore destroy a binary semaphore
Cyg_Binary_Semaphore::wait get a binary semaphore
Cyg_Binary_Semaphore::trywait get a binary semaphore, don't block
Cyg_Binary_Semaphore::post release a binary semaphore
Cyg_Binary_Semaphore::posted check availability of a binary semaphore
Cyg_Clock::Cyg_Clock create a clock
Cyg_Clock::~Cyg_Clock destroy a clock
Cyg_Clock::get_resolution get the resolution of the clock
Cyg_Clock::set_resolution set clock resolution
Cyg_Clock::get_other_to_clock_converter setup clock conversion
Cyg_Clock::get_clock_to_other_converter setup clock conversion
Cyg_Clock::convert convert from one clock to another
Cyg_Condition_Variable::Cyg_Condition_Variable create a condition variable
Cyg_Condition_Variable::~Cyg_Condition_Variable destroy condition variable
Cyg_Condition_Variable::signal wake one thread waiting on condition variable
Cyg_Condition_Variable::broadcast wake all threads waiting on condition variable
Cyg_Condition_Variable::wait wait on a condition variable
Cyg_Condition_Variable::wait wait until an absolute time on a condition variable
Cyg_Condition_Variable::wait wait on a condition variable
Cyg_Condition_Variable::wait wait until an absolute time on a condition variable
Cyg_Counter::Cyg_Counter create a counter
Cyg_Counter::~Cyg_Counter destroys a counter
Cyg_Counter::current_value get the current value of the counter
Cyg_Counter::current_value_lo get lower 32 bits of counter
Cyg_Counter::current_value_hi get upper 32 bits of counter
Cyg_Counter::set_value set counter value directly
Cyg_Counter::tick increment counter by some number of ticks
Cyg_Counter::add_alarm attach an alarm to counter
Cyg_Counter::rem_alarm detach alarm from counter
Cyg_Counting_Semaphore::Cyg_Counting_Semaphore create counting semaphore
Cyg_Counting_Semaphore::~Cyg_Counting_Semaphore destroy a counting semaphore
Cyg_Counting_Semaphore::wait get a counting semaphore
Cyg_Counting_Semaphore::wait wait until an absolute time for a counting semaphore
Cyg_Counting_Semaphore::trywait get a counting semaphore, don't block
Cyg_Counting_Semaphore::post release a counting semaphore
Cyg_Counting_Semaphore::peek get the count of a counting semaphore
Cyg_Flag::Cyg_Flag create flag
Cyg_Flag::~Cyg_Flag destroy flag
Cyg_Flag::setbits set bits in a flag
Cyg_Flag::maskbits clear bits in flag
Cyg_Flag::wait wait on a a condition or set of conditions
Cyg_Flag::wait wait on a a condition or set of conditions with a timeout
Cyg_Flag::poll test for a pattern match on the flag
Cyg_Flag::peek get conditions set in a given flag
Cyg_Flag::waiting check to see if any threads are waiting on flag
Cyg_Interrupt::Cyg_Interrupt create an interrupt handler
Cyg_Interrupt::~Cyg_Interrupt delete an interrupt handler
Cyg_Interrupt::attach attach an interrupt
Cyg_Interrupt::detach detach an interrupt
Cyg_Interrupt::get_vsr get the VSR pointer of an interrupt
Cyg_Interrupt::set_vsr set a new VSR
Cyg_Interrupt::disable_interrupts disable interrupts globally
Cyg_Interrupt::enable_interrupts enable interrupts globally
Cyg_Interrupt::mask_interrupt mask an interrupt
Cyg_Interrupt::mask_interrupt_intunsafe interrupt unsafe mask an interrupt
Cyg_Interrupt::unmask_interrupt unmask an interrupt
Cyg_Interrupt::unmask_interrupt_intunsafe interrupt unsafe unmask an interrupt
Cyg_Interrupt::acknowledge_interrupt acknowledge an interrupt
Cyg_Interrupt::configure_interrupt configure an interrupt
Cyg_Interrupt::set_cpu set cpu
Cyg_Interrupt::get_cpu get cpu
Cyg_Mbox::Cyg_Mbox create a message box
Cyg_Mbox::~Cyg_Mbox destroy a message box
Cyg_Mbox::get get a message from a message box
Cyg_Mbox::get get a message from a message box with timeout
Cyg_Mbox::tryget get a message from a message box if one is available
Cyg_Mbox::peek_item get a message from an mbox but don't remove from queue
Cyg_Mbox::put place a message into a message box
Cyg_Mbox::put place a message into a message box with a timeout
Cyg_Mbox::tryput place a message into a message box if space is available
Cyg_Mbox::peek gets the number of messages currently in the message queue
Cyg_Mbox::waiting_to_get reports if any threads are waiting to get a message from this mbox
Cyg_Mbox::waiting_to_put reports if any threads are waiting to place a message into this mbox
Cyg_Mempool_Fixed::Cyg_Mempool_Fixed create fixed block memory heap
Cyg_Mempool_Fixed::~Cyg_Mempool_Fixed destroy fixed size memory pool
Cyg_Mempool_Fixed::try_alloc allocate a fixed block of memory, nonblocking
Cyg_Mempool_Fixed::alloc allocate a fixed block size, block thread if necessary
Cyg_Mempool_Fixed::alloc allocate a fixed block size with timeout
Cyg_Mempool_Fixed::free return a block of memory to a fixed sized heap
Cyg_Mempool_Fixed::get_status get status on a heap
Cyg_Mempool_Variable::Cyg_Mempool_Variable create a variable heap
Cyg_Mempool_Variable::~Cyg_Mempool_Variable destroy variable heap
Cyg_Mempool_Variable::try_alloc allocate a block of memory
Cyg_Mempool_Variable::alloc allocate a block of memory, block until memory available
Cyg_Mempool_Variable::alloc allocate a block of memory with timeout
Cyg_Mempool_Variable::resize_alloc resize a previously allocated block of memory
Cyg_Mempool_Variable::free free an allocated block of memory
Cyg_Mempool_Variable::get_status get status on a heap
Cyg_Mutex::Cyg_Mutex create a mutex
Cyg_Mutex::Cyg_Mutex create a mutex with a specified protocol
Cyg_Mutex::~Cyg_Mutex destroy a mutex
Cyg_Mutex::lock lock a mutex or wait until it can be locked
Cyg_Mutex::trylock lock a mutex if it's free
Cyg_Mutex::unlock unlock a mutex
Cyg_Mutex::release release all threads waiting on a mutex
Cyg_Mutex::set_ceiling set the max priority to be inherited
Cyg_Mutex::get_ceiling get the priority ceiling of this mutex
Cyg_Mutex::get_owner get the current owner of a mutex
Cyg_Mutex::set_protocol set the protocol of a mutex
Cyg_Scheduler::get_sched_lock get the lock count of a thread
Cyg_Scheduler::lock lock a thread
Cyg_Scheduler::unlock unlock a thread
Cyg_Thread::Cyg_Thread contructor to create a new thread
Cyg_Thread::exit terminate calling thread
Cyg_Thread::suspend suspend a thread
Cyg_Thread::resume resume a suspended thread
Cyg_Thread::force_resume force a suspended thread to be resumed
Cyg_Thread::kill kill a thread
Cyg_Thread::release force a thread to wake up with the reason of BREAK
Cyg_Thread::yield yield the cpu to another thread
Cyg_Thread::self get the "this" pointer of the calling thread
Cyg_Thread::set_priority set priority of a thread
Cyg_Thread::get_priority get the set priority of a thread
Cyg_Thread::get_current_priority get the current priority of a thread
Cyg_Thread::delay delay a thread
Cyg_HardwareThread::get_stack_base get base address of a thread's stack
Cyg_HardwareThread::get_stack_size get the size of a thread's stack
Cyg_HardwareThread::measure_stack_usage measure a stack's usage
Cyg_Thread::new_data_index gets a new data index for per thread data
Cyg_Thread::free_data_index free a data index for per thread data
Cyg_Thread::get_data get per thread data
Cyg_Thread::get_data_ptr get per thread data pointer
Cyg_Thread::set_data set per thread data
Cyg_Thread::add_destructor add a thread destructor
Cyg_Thread::rem_destructor remove a thread destructor
Cyg_Thread::register_exception register an exception handler
Cyg_Thread::deregister_exception deregister an exception