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  84 >I. The eCos Kernel</H1
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  95 >Kernel Overview</A
  96 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Overview of the eCos Kernel</DT
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  99 HREF="kernel-smp.html"
 100 >SMP Support</A
 101 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Support Symmetric Multiprocessing Systems</DT
 102 ><DT
 103 ><A
 104 HREF="kernel-thread-create.html"
 105 >Thread creation</A
 106 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Create a new thread</DT
 107 ><DT
 108 ><A
 109 HREF="kernel-thread-info.html"
 110 >Thread information</A
 111 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Get basic thread information</DT
 112 ><DT
 113 ><A
 114 HREF="kernel-thread-control.html"
 115 >Thread control</A
 116 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Control whether or not a thread is running</DT
 117 ><DT
 118 ><A
 119 HREF="kernel-thread-termination.html"
 120 >Thread termination</A
 121 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Allow threads to terminate</DT
 122 ><DT
 123 ><A
 124 HREF="kernel-thread-priorities.html"
 125 >Thread priorities</A
 126 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Examine and manipulate thread priorities</DT
 127 ><DT
 128 ><A
 129 HREF="kernel-thread-data.html"
 130 >Per-thread data</A
 131 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Manipulate per-thread data</DT
 132 ><DT
 133 ><A
 134 HREF="kernel-thread-destructors.html"
 135 >Thread destructors</A
 136 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Call functions on thread termination</DT
 137 ><DT
 138 ><A
 139 HREF="kernel-exceptions.html"
 140 >Exception handling</A
 141 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Handle processor exceptions</DT
 142 ><DT
 143 ><A
 144 HREF="kernel-counters.html"
 145 >Counters</A
 146 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Count event occurrences</DT
 147 ><DT
 148 ><A
 149 HREF="kernel-clocks.html"
 150 >Clocks</A
 151 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Provide system clocks</DT
 152 ><DT
 153 ><A
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 155 >Alarms</A
 156 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Run an alarm function when a number of events have occurred</DT
 157 ><DT
 158 ><A
 159 HREF="kernel-mutexes.html"
 160 >Mutexes</A
 161 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Synchronization primitive</DT
 162 ><DT
 163 ><A
 164 HREF="kernel-condition-variables.html"
 165 >Condition Variables</A
 166 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Synchronization primitive</DT
 167 ><DT
 168 ><A
 169 HREF="kernel-semaphores.html"
 170 >Semaphores</A
 171 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Synchronization primitive</DT
 172 ><DT
 173 ><A
 174 HREF="kernel-mail-boxes.html"
 175 >Mail boxes</A
 176 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Synchronization primitive</DT
 177 ><DT
 178 ><A
 179 HREF="kernel-flags.html"
 180 >Event Flags</A
 181 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Synchronization primitive</DT
 182 ><DT
 183 ><A
 184 HREF="kernel-spinlocks.html"
 185 >Spinlocks</A
 186 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Low-level Synchronization Primitive</DT
 187 ><DT
 188 ><A
 189 HREF="kernel-schedcontrol.html"
 190 >Scheduler Control</A
 191 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Control the state of the scheduler</DT
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 194 HREF="kernel-interrupts.html"
 195 >Interrupt Handling</A
 196 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Manage interrupt handlers</DT
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 200 >Kernel Real-time Characterization</A
 201 >&nbsp;--&nbsp;Measure the performance of the eCos kernel</DT
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