David Taylor <david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > On 27/08/2013 20:05, Rob wrote: >> Martin Burnicki <martin.burni...@meinberg.de> wrote: >>> What I meant is the usage of CreateFileMapping() and MapViewOfFile() for >>> shared memory segments, as it is done in ntpd's refclock_shm.c. >>> >>> We are using this in the Windows driver package for our PCI cards, but >>> this usage is not related to NTP. AFAIK this is supported in all Windows >>> version at least starting with NT. >>> >>> Ntpd has already implemented this (which I also didn't know until >>> recently), and it should not be too hard for something like gpsd to >>> implement this also, if this han't already been done, yet. >> >> Looking in the most recent ntpshm.c I see only the calls to shmget >> and shmat. But I think you are right, it should be quite simple to >> add a compilation conditional and replace it with mapping calls similar >> to what is found in the Windows port of ntpd. >> >> However, it could also be that libraries that come with cygwin already >> do that translation. > > Rob, > > There should be no requirement to install Cygwin for NTP users on > Windows, if that's what you are suggesting.
No, I mean when compiling ntpd for Windows. I think that requires Cygwin. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
