Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 08:42:04 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au> To: tlambert@primenet.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Semaphore handling Message-ID: <99Feb23.083118est.40336@border.alcanet.com.au>
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Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote: >> 3) Neither FreeBSD nor TOG not clearly define semadj behaviour. ... >Solaris and UnixWare are definitive. I'll try writing some code to check the behaviour on Solaris (I don't have access to UnixWare). >You may want to dig up a copy of the SVID III, if you can; I don't think I can manage this. I don't suppose anyone who has a copy would be willing to fax or mail me the semaphore-related section? >see semaphore.h on the CDROM, as well. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be anything other than the function prototypes in this header file. It seems that no-one's gotten around to implementing the functionality (and I'm not volunteering). >Another possibile authority is the NIST/PCTS code, which tests >POSIX Conformance, and *may* test this boundary I've just downloaded it and checked - it doesn't do any semaphore tests. >SCO has put out their packaging system. They may be willing to let >out the SVID III compliance test, if someone hinted about maybe >"standardizing on an ABI". This sounds promising. Does anyone have the appropriate contacts to approach SCO? I suspect that an approach would be better made by someone able to speak on behalf of the FreeBSD Project. Peter -- Peter Jeremy (VK2PJ) peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au Alcatel Australia Limited 41 Mandible St Phone: +61 2 9690 5019 ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015 Fax: +61 2 9690 5982 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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