Am 02.08.2016 um 03:08 schrieb Chris Johns: > On 02/08/2016 01:38, Gedare Bloom wrote: >> The code looks fine, but I don't quite understand the >> purpose/usefulness of the change. > > I am wondering if this makes porting BSD user code to RTEMS easier by > grouping variables. > > I would like to see a doc ticket created to be completed once I branch > the doc repo. If this is available for users and so an API we should > document it. > >> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 7:16 AM, Christian Mauderer >> <christian.maude...@embedded-brains.de> wrote: >>> From: Christian Mauderer <christian.maude...@embedded-brains.de> >>> >>> The newly created macro allows to add any kind of variable into the > > The newly created macro adds any kind of variable into a linker set. It > allows (for example) the saving an execution state of a function using > the following method: > > This allows (for example) saving an execution >>> state of a function using the following method: >>> >>> - put a group of different variables into one linker set >>> - save the memory area containing the group of variables before the >>> execution of a function >>> - restore the memory area after the function has been executed > > Chris
Hello Gedare, Hello Chris, Chris is right with the assumption. I used the macros for porting pfctl (control tool for the PF firewall) to libbsd. The pfctl changes should be ready soon. I created a ticket for the missing documentation here: https://devel.rtems.org/ticket/2770 Kind regards, Christian -- -------------------------------------------- embedded brains GmbH Christian Mauderer Dornierstr. 4 D-82178 Puchheim Germany email: christian.maude...@embedded-brains.de Phone: +49-89-18 94 741 - 18 Fax: +49-89-18 94 741 - 08 PGP: Public key available on request. Diese Nachricht ist keine geschäftliche Mitteilung im Sinne des EHUG. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@rtems.org http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/devel