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Diffstat (limited to 'os/kernel/templates/chconf.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | os/kernel/templates/chconf.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/os/kernel/templates/chconf.h b/os/kernel/templates/chconf.h index 41dddd5d4..e7de80a13 100644 --- a/os/kernel/templates/chconf.h +++ b/os/kernel/templates/chconf.h @@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ * @brief Round robin interval.
* @details This constant is the number of system ticks allowed for the
* threads before preemption occurs. Setting this value to zero
- * disables the round robin mechanism.
+ * disables the preemption for threads with equal priority and the
+ * round robin becomes cooperative. Note that higher priority
+ * threads can still preempt, the kernel is always preemptive.
*
- * @note Disabling round robin makes the kernel more compact and generally
- * faster but forbids multiple threads at the same priority level.
+ * @note Disabling the round robin preemption makes the kernel more compact
+ * and generally faster.
*/
#if !defined(CH_TIME_QUANTUM) || defined(__DOXYGEN__)
#define CH_TIME_QUANTUM 20
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