[En-Nut-Discussion] Thread priority

[Michel Hendriks]

Maybe, but I want to check if my threads are still running.
The easiest way to do that is using a high prio thread :-)

If I used a hardware timer I would need to implement some
kind of check flags set by the threads and test them one by one
in the hardware timer handler. This is much easier, less code
and only requires the other threads to give up the CPU every once
in a while.

Greets,
Michel

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> Van: en-nut-discussion-bounces at egnite.de 
> [mailto:en-nut-discussion-bounces at egnite.de] Namens Rodrigue ROLAND
> Verzonden: woensdag 16 mei 2007 9:09
> Aan: Ethernut User Chat (English)
> Onderwerp: Re: [En-Nut-Discussion] Thread priority
> 
> Maybe you should use a hardware timer instead...
> 
> Michel Hendriks a écrit :
> > Thanks for your answer.
> >
> > So the comment is a guideline at best, not a 'hard' restriction.(?)
> >
> > The reason I am asking is because I want to service a watchdog in a 
> > thread and I want to make sure that it gets serviced when 
> there is any 
> > time to do so. This thread will do nothing else than the 
> watchdog so 
> > it CPU usage should be very low.
> >
> > Greets,
> > Michel