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Subject: A couple last tips for the exam...
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 07:54:40 -0600 (MDT)
From: "Sam Siewert" <siewerts@thinker.colorado.edu>
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Hi,

I have previously pointed these things out, but just in case you've
overlooked them ...

1) Be sure and understand the VxWorks task stat transitions on page 21
   of the Programmer's Guide.

   http://www-sgc.colorado.edu/~siewerts/wrsman/ProgGuideEd1.pdf

2) Be sure and understand how you use sigaction to link the throwing
   of a signal upon the expiration of a timer

   See example - http://www-sgc.colorado.edu/~siewerts/ecen/ex/ecen4003/posix_rt_timers.c

3) Understand host/target Windview operations  (diagram in review notes)

4) Understand the arguments to taskSpawn in VxWorks (see Ref Man page)

5) Don't panic, just read the test carefully since it does give you hints - i.e.
   I try and avoid making you recall trivia.

See you tonight...

Sam

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 Sam Siewert, Ph.D. -- Adjunct Faculty, Embedded Systems Cert. Program

 University of Colorado Boulder, Electrical and Computer Engineering

 siewerts@thinker.colorado.edu, www-sgc.colorado.edu/~siewerts/
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