INtime® 3.1 Software - tenAsys

Chapter 8: Preparing an RT node
First space
Interpret the first space character as the delimiter of the application file pathname to
load except for those that begin with the following:
; (semi-colon)
# (pound sign or hash mark)
^ (carat)
The rest of the line’s characters are of two types:
• Parameters passed to the Loader to initially load the file.
• A string passed to the loaded application for its examination via the argc and argv
C-library commands.
The Loader-load parameters are all prefixed with a ‘-’ (dash) and the application
parameters are contained within a quoted string.
The following Loader-targeted load parameters include:
Parameter Description
-o Object directory size (number of entries) of the application being loaded. If not
specified, the EIOS default I/O job object directory is used. If not a multiple of
16, the specified value is rounded down to the nearest multiple of 16.
-n Minimum size of the application’s memory pool in bytes. If not specified, the
minimum pool size is calculated from information found in the binary of the
application being loaded.
-x Maximum size of the application’s memory pool in bytes. If not specified, the
maximum pool size will be 0xffffff.
-v Size in megabytes of the VSEG created for Ring 3, Flat applications. If not
specified, a default value of 8 megabytes will be used. A value of 0 or 1 causes
the Default VSEG_SIZE value specified in the ICU to be used. Values above 512
are reduced to 512. The value specified is multiplied by 4 Mbytes.
Note: the VSEG size specified here must be large enough to hold the amount of
physical memory needed by the application.
-p Priority of the initial thread of the application being loaded. If not specified, a
default of 136 is used.
-w Number of seconds the Loader should wait before loading the next application
specified in the load file.
-d Tells the Loader to place an Int 3 instruction at the first instruction of the loaded
application so that the system breaks to the monitor when the application
begins to run. This is useful for debugging.
Any parameters other than those listed above cause the line to be ignored.
The argument string within a pair of " (double quote) characters can be up to 256
characters in length. It is passed intact. It cannot contain any " (double quote)
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