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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

Mailboxes error in multicore system

Hi, I have a 2-CPU system based on the NEEK, with two mailboxes (one for each CPU). One CPU send a 4-bytes message to the other, which displays it. The problem is that after that, the send and get...
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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

Hi,

Thanks for the quick reply.

But I don't agree with your explanation, because each CPU are waiting 1 second (1000000 µs) before sending new message/checking new messages. So each second there must be a new message in the mailbox, and the other CPU should be able to read it, instead of getting:

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fall asleep...and wake up...dans le while...

check msg:-11

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Thank you for your help!