1<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> 2<HTML> 3<HEAD> 4<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> 5<META name="GENERATOR" content="IBM WebSphere Studio Homepage Builder Version 7.0.1.0 for Windows"> 6<META http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> 7<TITLE>OS_Panic</TITLE> 8<LINK rel="stylesheet" href="../../css/nitro.css" type="text/css"> 9</HEAD> 10<BODY> 11<H1 align="left">OS_Panic <IMG src="../../image/NTR.gif" align="middle"><IMG src="../../image/TWL.gif" align="middle"></H1> 12<H2>Syntax</H2> 13<DL> 14<DD><CODE>#include <nitro/os.h></CODE><BR> <BR> <CODE>void OS_Panic( const char *fmt, ... );</CODE> 15</DL> 16<H2>Arguments</H2> 17<TABLE border="1"> 18 <TBODY> 19 <TR> 20<TD><B><I>fmt</I></B></TD> 21<TD>Output format string.</TD> 22 </TR> 23 <TR> 24 <TD><B><I>...</I></B></TD> 25<TD>Variable number of arguments</TD> 26 </TR> 27 </TBODY> 28</TABLE> 29<H2>Return Values</H2> 30<P>None.</P> 31<H2>Description</H2> 32<P>Outputs a string.</P> 33<P>A variable number of arguments can be given using the format string <em><strong><code>fmt</code></strong></em>.</P> 34<P>The output format is:</P> 35<P> <code><filename>:<linenumber></code> Panic: <string></P> 36<P> <code><filename> <linenumber></code> are the file name and line number describing this <code>OS_Halt()</code> function. <code><string></code> is created from <em><strong><code>fmt</code></strong></em> and the variable number of arguments.</P> 37<P>The maximum string length that can be displayed is 255 characters. If a string with 256 or more characters is specified, all characters from the 256th character are ignored.</P> 38<P>This function is used for debugging, so the final ROM version (<code>FINALROM</code>) will only stop the program (just like <a href="../system/OS_Terminate.html"><code>OS_Terminate()</code></a> ).</P> 39<H2>Internal Operation</H2> 40<P><code>OS_Panic()</code> is actually a <code>#define</code> of <code>OSi_Panic()</code>. <code>OSi_Panic()</code> is compiled with weak symbols. Therefore you can overwrite them with your own function definitions.</P> 41<H2>See Also</H2> 42<P><a href="OS_Warning.html"><code>OS_Warning</a></code><BR> <code><a href="../system/OS_Terminate.html">OS_Terminate</a></code></P> 43<H2>Revision History</H2> 44<P>2009/10/02 Explained the maximum displayable string length.<BR>2004/11/25 Added a description of the weak symbol.<BR>2003/12/01 Initial version.</P> 45<hr><p>CONFIDENTIAL</p></body> 46</HTML>