Debug only
Controls the synchronization of several debug processes on a single terminal.
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Terminal locking allows multiple processes to use a single terminal for
debugging without confusion.
TERM LIST shows information about processes waiting for the terminal semaphore.
TERM NEXT grants the terminal to the process at the head of the waiting list.
Exiting, continuing, and stepping from the debugger
perform an implicit TERM NEXT command.
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- TERM, TERM LIST
Lists information about processes waiting to enter the debugger for the current session.
- TERM NEXT
If we own the terminal semaphore, release it and allow the next process
waiting for it to enter the debugger. Our process is then queued at the
end of the list for the semaphore.
Related environment variables: TERM_LOCKING.
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$(3b) nmdebug > = 2 + 2
$4
PIN 4c is waiting to enter Debug
$(3b) nmdebug > term list
Current term owner: 3b Next pin: 1a # Waiting pins: 2
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A processes has just notified us that it is waiting to enter Debug. We then list information about the waiting PINS. We see that there are two PINs waiting and the first PIN in the queue is 1a.
$(3b) nmdebug > term next
PIN 3b is waiting to enter Debug
$(1a) nmdebug > term list
Current term owner: 1a Next pin: 4c # Waiting pins: 2
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We gave away the semaphore and let the next PIN into Debug (PIN 1a). This placed us (PIN 3b) at the end of the queue. We next listed information about the waiting PINs and see that PIN 4c has moved to the front of the queue.
