Intel IXP400 manual Ipc, Osal Core Interface Sheet 1

Intel® IXP400 Software

Operating System Abstraction Layer (OSAL)

Table 62. OSAL Core Interface (Sheet 1 of 2)

Types

Symbols

Interrupts

Memory

Threads

IPC

IxOsalVoidFnPtr	alias for void (void) functions
IxOsalVoidFnVoidPtr	alias for void (void *) functions
IxOsalSemaphore	semaphore object
IxOsalMutex	mutex object
IxOsalFastMutex	test-and-set fast mutex object
IxOsalThread	thread object
IxOsalThreadAttr	thread attributes object
IxOsalTimeval	time structure
IxOsalTimer	timer handle
PRIVATE	#defined as “static”, except for debug
	builds
PUBLIC	#defined as an empty labelling symbol
ixOsalIrqBind	binds interrupts to handlers
ixOsalIrqUnbind	unbind interrupts from handlers
ixOsalIrqLock	disables all interrupts
ixOsalIrqUnlock	enables all interrupts
ixOsalIrqLevelSet	selectively disables interrupts
ixOsalIrqEnable	enables an interrupt level
ixOsalIrqDisable	disables an interrupt level
ixOsalMemAlloc	allocates memory
ixOsalMemFree	frees memory
ixOsalMemCopy	copies memory zones
ixOsalMemSet	fills a memory zone
ixOsalCacheDmaMalloc	allocates cache-safe memory
ixOsalCacheDmaFree	frees cache-safe memory
IX_OSAL_MMU_PHYS_TO_VIRT	physical to virtual address translation
IX_OSAL_MMU_VIRT_TO_PHYS	virtual to physical address translation
IX_OSAL_CACHE_FLUSH	cache to memory flush
IX_OSAL_CACHE_INVALIDATE	cache line invalidate
ixOsalThreadCreate	creates a new thread
ixOsalThreadStart	starts a newly created thread
ixOsalThreadKill	kills an existing thread
ixOsalThreadExit	exits a running thread
ixOsalThreadPrioritySet	sets the priority of an existing thread
ixOsalThreadSuspend	suspends thread execution
ixOsalThreadResume	resumes thread execution
ixOsalMessageQueueCreate	creates a message queue
ixOsalMessageQueueDelete	deletes a message queue
ixOsalMessageSend	sends a message to a message queue
ixOsalMessageReceive	receives a message from a message queue

April 2005	IXP400 Software Version 2.0	Programmer’s Guide
320	Document Number: 252539, Revision: 007