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Rodrigo Caballero c1c1ffe7f7 doc: Change API tables to lists in the Kernel Primer.
The tables in the Kernel Primer are changed to lists. Making it easier
to update them. Other minor changes were done to ensure consitency.
The :c: and :cpp: markup has been fixed. When the documentation for a
call exists, then it is linked.

Change-Id: I8f389a0a0ca7c5fe904c0a1fa520e2e499f1001b
Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Caballero <rodrigo.caballero.abraham@intel.com>
2016-02-05 20:24:29 -05:00
Andrew Boie f18f102feb nanokernel: add optional ring buffer data type
This patch is based on some code contributed by Dirk Brandewie.

This is a generic data structure for queuing data in a FIFO ring
buffer. Any given data enqueued is annotated with an app-specific
type identifier, and small integral value. Use of a data pointer
is optional if the necessary information can be conveyed in the
annotations. We want all the metadata to fit in a single DWORD.
The ring buffer always contains at least one free dword in the
buffer to correctly distinguish between full and empty queues.

Concurrency control is almost nonexistent; depending on usage,
apps may want to introduce the usage of semaphores and/or mutexes
to preserve the integrity of the ring buffer or provide notifications
when data is available.

Change-Id: I860262d2afc96db4476d4c695a92f7da355ab732
Signed-off-by: Andrew Boie <andrew.p.boie@intel.com>
2016-02-05 20:15:34 -05:00