[Tinyos-help] Scheduler

[Philip Levis]

On Mar 2, 2007, at 6:25 AM, Min Guo wrote:

> Anyone knows how the scheduler schedule multiple function calls?  
> E.g. in the RealMainP component, while Boot.booted() is signaled,  
> the Boot.booted() events in the connected components will be  
> executed, but how? - Since there is only one thread, are they  
> executed in a liner sequence? What is the scheduler's mechanism to  
> manage this?
>

In nesC lingo, this is called "fan-out." The TinyOS programming  
manual goes into the details. The nesC paper is also a good  
reference. The short answer is that they are executed one-by-one. The  
tricky part is the return value.

Phil