[En-Nut-Discussion] NutRegisterDevice() doesn't yield?

[ennut at thezachariasgroup.com]

   Steve,
   If you are using the AT91SAM7X256 then you should look at:
nut\arch\arm\dev\AT91_emac.c to see what EMAC_LINK_LOOPS is set to.

I use
#define EMAC_LINK_LOOPS         50000
which is about 4.5 seconds.

The original value was 1000000 which is about 90 seconds. I think the 
maximum watchdog timeout is 12 seconds.

Trying changing  EMAC_LINK_LOOPS.

There may be a way to change this in the configurator, but I'm not sure how.


   Zack


At 10:18 AM 9/28/2008, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>   I'm using
>
>    NutRegisterDevice(&DEV_ETHER, 0x8300, 5);
>
>   in a thread spawned by main() but it appears not to yield the processor
>   while it operates.  If an ethernet cable is not plugged in then this locks
>   the system until the watchdog times out.
>
>   Is this the case or am I missing something and is there a work round?
>
>   Thanks a lot for your help.
>
>Kind Regards,
>Steve.
>
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