| From: | Daniel Adler |
| Date: | 3 Sep 2000 at 10:40:36 |
| Subject: | Re: AMIOPEN: pthread.h |
On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, you wrote:
>Hi,.
>
>>> I know that the SDK is has the pthread functions, but where's the
>>> pthread.h C header file?
>>
>>Does it really have the pthread_ calls? I tried 'help pthread_create' and
>>got no response, and since the pthread.h is missing I thought that the
>>POSIX API just isn't there...
>
>I am not sure but i think there is no pthread support, elate does have all
>the thread functions you could ever need, but thay have a diffrent naming
>convention and would need re-working with a pthread wrapper to get a POSIX
>thread API.
>
>But i could be wrong, it only looked quickly a few months ago.
>
They do not have threads, they use lightweight processes that can be
configured to act like threads.
Memory-Protection can be configured (also i ask my self, why we just have
no memory-protection currently, does anyone checked it out yet?)
Also sharing of other system-resources is available (file and signal tables etc.)
[info take from kernel handbook, never tried up to now]