Thanks for all the suggestions. My only issue is, and a simple one, that if I want to send a packet out of the device in the network thread context, then I've problems. We have our implementation of message queues, mutexes, and other stuff that all use POSIX calls. So the code crashes, since I'm trying to make posix calls (while putting the packet in the message queue, and using mutexes), in the context of native cyg thread context. To overcome this problem, I'm queuing the packet coming out of the network stack, and then another posix thread de-queues the packet, and sends it out. This is working fine except that performance is not that good, and some fine tuning is required. In the limited testing I did while sending the packet out in the context of network thread, the performance is better, and suits my purpose.
There is no issue with BSD stack. It runs perfectly fine. regards, Alok -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Garnett Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:56 PM To: Alok Singh Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ECOS] Net BSD network stack posix tasks - "Alok Singh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > I don't understand licensing issues much. I've a question. Am I allowed > to convert network stack threads to posix threads instead of native cyg > threads? I've compatibility issues making ecos network stack work with > my application (Posix based.) Though there are ways to overcome this > issue, but they affect the performance of the system. (I'm not sure why this has anything to do with licensing.) The network threads are internal to the stack. POSIX threads are for running application code. The network threads will never run application code and so don't need to be POSIX threads. The network threads work perfectly well alongside POSIX applications without needing to be POSIX threads themselves. I don't know what problems you are having, but your suggestion is almost certainly the wrong solution. It sounds to me like you are trying to do something that eCos doesn't support. Tell us what the problem is and maybe someone can offer a better solution. -- Nick Garnett eCos Kernel Architect eCosCentric Limited http://www.eCosCentric.com/ The eCos experts Barnwell House, Barnwell Drive, Cambridge, UK. Tel: +44 1223 245571 Registered in England and Wales: Reg No 4422071. -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss -- Before posting, please read the FAQ: http://ecos.sourceware.org/fom/ecos and search the list archive: http://ecos.sourceware.org/ml/ecos-discuss
