git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/chibios/svn/trunk@541 35acf78f-673a-0410-8e92-d51de3d6d3f4

3 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 62002e723..d52a41c0d 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ Win32-MinGW            - ChibiOS/RT simulator and demo into a WIN32 process,
 - Small fixes to the documentation.

 

 *** 0.8.2 ***

+- NEW: Introduced new API chThdSleepS() as a macro, no real changes in the

+       kernel code.

 - FIX: Included the files that were missing from version 0.8.1 distribution.

 - FIX: Duplicated sections in the documentation removed.

 - FIX: Minor problem in Cortex-M3 and AVR ports when the kernel is compiled

diff --git a/src/chthreads.c b/src/chthreads.c
index 6b1121d97..a1c8a7b4e 100644
--- a/src/chthreads.c
+++ b/src/chthreads.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ void chThdTerminate(Thread *tp) {
 void chThdSleep(systime_t time) {
 
   chSysLock();
-  chSchGoSleepTimeoutS(PRSLEEP, time);
+  chThdSleepS(time);
   chSysUnlock();
 }
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ void chThdSleepUntil(systime_t time) {
 
   chSysLock();
   if ((time -= chSysGetTime()) > 0)
-    chSchGoSleepTimeoutS(PRSLEEP, time);
+    chThdSleepS(time);
   chSysUnlock();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/include/threads.h b/src/include/threads.h
index b939ba3a1..c58ddc76a 100644
--- a/src/include/threads.h
+++ b/src/include/threads.h
@@ -266,6 +266,12 @@ extern "C" {
         chThdCreateStatic(workspace, wsize, prio, pf, NULL)
 
 /**
+ * Suspends the invoking thread for the specified time.
+ * @param time the delay in system ticks
+ */
+#define chThdSleepS(time) chSchGoSleepTimeoutS(PRSLEEP, time)
+
+/**
  * Delays the invoking thread for the specified number of seconds.
  * @note The specified time is rounded up to a value allowed by the real
  *       system clock.