From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gilles Chanteperdrix MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17527.3943.859759.669932@domain.hid> Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 16:23:35 +0200 Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] VxWorks side-by-side with POSIX In-Reply-To: <44763D2B.30007@domain.hid> References: <44763D2B.30007@domain.hid> List-Id: Help regarding installation and common use of Xenomai List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Nathaniel Villaume Cc: xenomai@xenomai.org Nathaniel Villaume wrote: > Hello all, > > Pardon my ignorance, and please tolerate my sloth, but is it possible > (and easy) to run skins side-by-side and have them communicate through > IPCs? So I'd like to run a process that uses VxWorks calls, and then > another one that uses POSIX, and yet have them communicate via one or > two semaphores and shared memory. Most services (including shared memory and semaphores) of the POSIX skin may be used by threads created by other skins. The exceptions to this rule are the services related to signals and cancellation. In case of doubt, you may have a look at POSIX skin documentation; it should document explicitely which services are restricted to which contexts. -- Gilles Chanteperdrix.