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# I. The eCos Kernel

Table of Contents
Kernel Overview -- Overview of the eCos Kernel
SMP Support -- Support Symmetric Multiprocessing Systems
Thread creation -- Create a new thread
Thread information -- Get basic thread information
Thread control -- Control whether or not a thread is running
Thread termination -- Allow threads to terminate
Thread priorities -- Examine and manipulate thread priorities
Per-thread data -- Manipulate per-thread data
Thread destructors -- Call functions on thread termination
Exception handling -- Handle processor exceptions
Counters -- Count event occurrences
Clocks -- Provide system clocks
Alarms -- Run an alarm function when a number of events have occurred
Mutexes -- Synchronization primitive
Condition Variables -- Synchronization primitive
Semaphores -- Synchronization primitive
Mail boxes -- Synchronization primitive
Event Flags -- Synchronization primitive
Spinlocks -- Low-level Synchronization Primitive
Scheduler Control -- Control the state of the scheduler
Interrupt Handling -- Manage interrupt handlers
Kernel Real-time Characterization -- Measure the performance of the eCos kernel

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