RTX251: TASK WITH PRIORITY 3 REQUIRES REGISTERBANK

Information in this article applies to:

• C251 Version 2.14
• RTX251 Version 2.14

QUESTION

I'm using RTX251 and attempting to create a fast task using priority 3. According to the documentation, I don't need to specify a registerbank for this task.

void Blink1(void) _task_ BLINK1 _priority_ 3 {
while(1){
                LED1 = !LED1;
                os_wait (K_IVL,50, 0);
                }
}

When I compile and link my project, I receive the following linker error from L251:

*** ERROR L126: TASK WITH PRIORITY 3 CANNOT WORK WITH REGISTERBANK 0
    TASK:    ?PR?BLINK1?TEST
    TASKID:  1

If I change my task definition to the following:

void Blink1(void) _task_ BLINK1 _priority_ 3 using 1 {

the program crashes. What's going on? Is this a known problem?

ANSWER

This is a problem with the linker that ships with C251 V2.14. There is an updated linker that correctly links the fast task without the need for a registerbank definition.

See below for information on obtaining this updated linker. To install the updated linker, unzip it from the ZIP file and copy it to the \c251\bin directory.

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Last Reviewed: Saturday, May 28, 2005