If we can get a list of all the params that need to be supported and the varying mappings I have no problem working on it.
I will look into its build etc as I have never dealt with it internally. Greg On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 3:48 AM, Rodrigo Kumpera <kump...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree we would be better with a better error message. > > Said that, right now Mono.Posix lacks a more dedicated maintainer and it > would be lovely if you > could bring some love to it. :) > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 8:39 PM, Greg Young <gregoryyou...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> There are a ton to surface ... I just ran into this one :) >> >> In general I agree with you surfacing is better I was thinking just >> letting me call it if it doesn't understand it (or having a better >> message) would be useful. I spun for hours thinking what was wrong >> with my parameters to the call thinking it for some undocumented >> reason was returning EINVAL :) >> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 3:30 AM, Rodrigo Kumpera <kump...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > That would change the behavior of the function and translate into a more >> > fragile API. >> > >> > The way to go is to surface this option. >> > >> > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 8:23 PM, Greg Young <gregoryyou...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I figured out why after a while of looking. The C code translates the >> >> argument >> >> >> >> int Mono_Posix_FromFcntlCommand (int x, int *r) >> >> >> >> When its something that is not a known command it returns EINVAL. >> >> Might a better option be to try to let it pass through otherwise how >> >> could I call for instance a value on a ac? >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> Greg >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 2:28 AM, Greg Young <gregoryyou...@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> > I have been trying to set F_NOCACHE via fcntl on a mac to no avail. >> >> > >> >> > r = Syscall.fcntl >> >> > (handle.DangerousGetHandle().ToInt32(), (FcntlCommand) MAC_F_NOCACHE, >> >> > 1); >> >> > } while (UnixMarshal.ShouldRetrySyscall ((int) r)); >> >> > if (r == -1) >> >> > UnixMarshal.ThrowExceptionForLastError (); >> >> > >> >> > (EINVAL) >> >> > >> >> > I have tried >> >> > 48 >> >> > 0x400 >> >> > and 0x40000 >> >> > for F_NOCACHE though from >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > https://github.com/realthunder/mac-headers/blob/master/usr/include/sys/fcntl.h#L256 >> >> > >> >> > Given FcntlCommandFlags does not expose F_NOCACHE but it still should >> >> > be fine to jam the value into the enum >> >> > >> >> > Has anyone set this before? Chances of finding this on google are >> >> > slightly better than 0 :) >> >> > >> >> > Cheers, >> >> > >> >> > Greg >> >> > -- >> >> > Studying for the Turing test >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Studying for the Turing test >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mono-devel-list mailing list >> >> Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com >> >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Studying for the Turing test > > -- Studying for the Turing test _______________________________________________ Mono-devel-list mailing list Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list