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Version 5.1, 24 May 1999
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3. Course Prerequisites General prerequisites:
One year C programming experience: familiarity with basic control structures, pointers, structures, preprocessor commands.
Basic understanding of operating systems and debugging techniques.
Functional knowledge of host platform:
UNIX: user-level knowledge of UNIX file system and csh shell; editing text with vi, emacs, or host-native GUI editor; X window system GUI.
Windows: user-level knowledge of Windows NT/95/98 graphical and command-line user interfaces, file systems, and standard Windows editor.

4. Course Objectives Overview of Tornado / VxWorks facilities.
Boot VxWorks and download object modules to a VxWorks target.
Use Tornado tools to perform cross-development.
Control, and communicate between, tasks executing under VxWorks.
Use WindView to analyze a multitasking application.
Use VxWorks primitives to access resources exclusively, and to synchronize the actions of different tasks.
Use timers for periodic code execution.
Differentiate between the standard I/O library, the formatted I/O library, and the basic I/O system.
Create and use local file systems.
From VxWorks, access file systems on remote machines.
Reconfigure VxWorks, linking in user-defined code.

5. Table of Contents Volume 1
Chapter
Day One
Getting Started 1
Projects
WindSh and Browser 3
CrossWind
Real-Time Multitasking 5
WindView
Semaphores 7
Intertask Communication 8
Memory
Day Two
Day Three

6. Table of Contents Volume 1
Chapter
Day Four
Exceptions, Interrupts and Timers 10
I/O and File System 11
Networking
Reconfiguring VxWorks 13
Optional Products
Appendix
Code Examples

7. Table of Contents Volume 2
Chapter
Lab Setup LS
Getting Started Lab, UNIX 1 LU
Getting Started Lab, Windows 1 LW
Projects Lab L
Shell and Browser Lab, UNIX 3 LU
Shell and Browser Lab, Windows 3 LW
CrossWind Lab, UNIX LU
CrossWind Lab, Windows 4 LW
Real-Time Multitasking Lab 5 L
WindView Lab L

8. Table of Contents Volume 2
Chapter
Semaphores Lab L
Intertask Communication Lab 8 L
Memory Labs (Forgotten) 9 L
Exceptions, Interrupts and Timers Lab 10 L
I/O and File System Lab L
Networking Lab L
Reconfiguring VxWorks Lab L

9. Chapter 1 Getting Started
Components of Tornado
Getting Help
Hardware / Software Configuration
Booting
Starting Tornado
WDB Agent

10. Chapter 2 Projects pierre: pierre:
Before presenting this chapter, the following should have been done:
1. Install Tornado II for MC680x0 including mv162 BSP.
2. Customize the tools menu to add nmsimpc item. - Select Tools=>Customize - Select Add Menu Text: nmsimpc Tool Command: nmsimpc $filename Working Directory: $builddir Select Redirect to Child Window Click OK
3. Reinstall the demos from Demo.zip.
4. Open Windows Explorer and point it to C:\Tornado2Class\instructor\demos.

11. Chapter 3 WindSh and Browser

12. Chapter 4 CrossWind
Using Tornado’s source-level debugger to debug target programs.

13. Chapter 5 Real-Time Multitasking
Introduction
Task Basics
Task Control
Error Status
System Tasks

14. Chapter 6 WindView 2.0 Demo Preparation: Introduction
Configuring WindView
Events
Demo Preparation:
Start Tornado full screen.
Open C:\Tornado2Class\instructor\demos\Demo.wsp.
Add project C:\Tornado2Class\instructor\demos\WindView\WindView.wpj to the workspace.
Start a standard simulator with the default target server. Note that the target server is configured to include TSFS.
Compile and download windView.out; start WindSh.
The application has a memory leak. Remember to stop it before it runs out of memory.
The introduction section of this chapter is presented as a traditional lecture; the demo starts at the second section.

15. Chapter 7 Semaphores Overview
Binary Semaphores for Task Synchronization
Mutex Semaphores to Solve Mutual Exclusion Problems

16. Chapter 8 Intertask Communication
Introduction
Shared Memory
Message Queues
Pipes

17. Chapter 9 Memory
Memory management in VxWorks

18. Chapter 10 Exceptions, Interrupts and Timers
Exception Handling and Signals
Interrupt Service Routines
System Clock, Auxiliary Clock, Watchdog Timers

19. Chapter 11 I/O and File System
Introduction to VxWorks I/O System
Character I/O
Block I/O

20. Chapter 12 Networking Introduction VxWorks Network Configuration
Routing Protocols
Remote Access Services

21. Chapter 13 Reconfiguring VxWorks
Production Issues
VxWorks Start-Up

22. Chapter 14 Optional Products
Survey of products that may be purchased separately from VxWorks.
How to configure and use shared memory objects.
How to configure and use virtual memory.