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Notepads where a feature of RTEMS' tasks that simply functioned in the same way as POSIX keys or threaded local storage (TLS). They were introduced well before per task variables, which are also deprecated, and were barely used in favor of their POSIX alternatives. In addition to their scarce usage, Notepads took up unnecessary memory. For each task: - 16 32-bit integers were allocated. - A total of 64 bytes per task per thread. This is especially critical in low memory and safety-critical applications. They are also defined as uint32_t, and therefore are not guaranteed to hold a pointer. Lastly, they are not portable solutions for SMP and uniprocessor systems, like POSIX keys and TLS. updates #2493.
This directory contains for the "miscellaneous" library. Currently this library contains a number of useful support libraries: + Task Stack Overflow Checker + Workspace Consistency Checker + Task Execution Time Monitor + Period Statistics Monitor + Debug Monitor The following ideas have been mentioned for items which could go in this library, but this list is not all inclusive: + there are no outstanding suggestions. The intent of this library is to provide a home for useful utility routines which are dependent upon RTEMS. --joel 16 Sept 97