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<HTML
><HEAD
><TITLE
>rtf_put</TITLE
><META
NAME="GENERATOR"
CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.64
"></HEAD
><BODY
CLASS="REFENTRY"
><H1
><A
NAME="AEN1"
>rtf_put</A
></H1
><DIV
CLASS="REFNAMEDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN5"
></A
><H2
>Name</H2
>rtf_put&nbsp;--&nbsp;write data to a realtime fifo</DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN8"
></A
><H2
>Synopsis</H2
><TABLE
BORDER="0"
BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
WIDTH="100%"
><TR
><TD
><PRE
CLASS="SYNOPSIS"
>       #include &#60;rtl_fifo.h&#62;

       int <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>rtf_put</TT
>(unsigned int <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>fifo</I
></TT
>, char * <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>buf</I
></TT
>, int <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>count</I
></TT
>);      </PRE
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN14"
></A
><H2
>DESCRIPTION</H2
><P
><TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>rtf_put</TT
> writes a block of data to a realtime fifo (RT-FIFO) previously created with a call to <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>rtf_create(3)</TT
>.  <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>fifo</I
></TT
> is the ID with which the RT-FIFO was created.  <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>buf</I
></TT
> is the block of data to be filled with the received bytes, while <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>count</I
></TT
> is the size of the block in bytes.  This mechanism is available only to realtime tasks;  Linux processes use a <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>write(2)</TT
> to the corresponding fifo device to enqueue data to a fifo.  Similarly, Linux processes use <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>read(2)</TT
> or similar functions to read the data previously written via <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>rtf_put</TT
> by a realtime task.</P
><P
>The RT-FIFO is a mechanism, implemented as a character device, to communicate between realtime tasks and ordinary Linux processes.  The rtf_* functions are used by the realtime tasks;  Linux processes use standard character device access functions such as <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>read(2)</TT
>, <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>write(2</TT
>) and <TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>select(2)</TT
>.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN29"
></A
><H2
>RETURN VALUE</H2
><P
>On success, <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>count</I
></TT
> is returned.  On failure, a
negative value is returned as described below.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN33"
></A
><H2
>ERRORS</H2
><P
></P
><DIV
CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><DL
><DT
>-ENODEV</DT
><DD
><P
><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>fifo</I
></TT
> is greater than or equal to RTF_NO.</P
></DD
><DT
>-EINVAL</DT
><DD
><P
><TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>fifo</I
></TT
> is not a valid RT-FIFO identifier.</P
></DD
><DT
>-ENOSPC</DT
><DD
><P
>insufficient space is available in the RT-FIFO for <TT
CLASS="PARAMETER"
><I
>count</I
></TT
> bytes.</P
></DD
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN51"
></A
><H2
>Notes</H2
><P
><TT
CLASS="FUNCTION"
>rtf_put</TT
> is available in PSC, the user-level
real-time signal library.  It can be called from handlers installed via
<A
HREF="rtlinux_sigaction.3.html"
TARGET="_top"
>rtlinux_sigaction(3)</A
>.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN56"
></A
><H2
>SEE ALSO</H2
><A
HREF="../susv2/xns/read.html"
TARGET="_top"
>UNIX spec read(2)</A
>, <A
HREF="rtf_create.3.html"
TARGET="_top"
>rtf_create(3)</A
>, <A
HREF="rtf_create_handler.3.html"
TARGET="_top"
>rtf_create_handler(3)</A
>, <A
HREF="rtf_destroy.3.html"
TARGET="_top"
>rtf_destroy(3)</A
>, <A
HREF="rtf_get.3.html"
TARGET="_top"
>rtf_get(3)</A
>, <A
HREF="../susv2/xns/write.html"
TARGET="_top"
>UNIX spec write(2)</A
><P
>1997 Jerry Epplin.</P
><P
>Modifications for RTLinux 2.x and 3.x by Michael Barabanov. 2001 FSMLabs Inc.</P
><P
>All rights reserved.</P
></DIV
></BODY
></HTML
>