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Subject: Re: [Xenomai] RTDM syscalls & switching
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To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
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On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 09:31:02PM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> >> Now tell me how many drivers have read_nrt, write_nrt? 1 in-tree.
> >> recvmsg_nrt, sendmsg_nrt? 0 in-tree. Analogy is special (still like to
> >> understand why, though). And having some special code in the exceptional
> >> case is probably better then the side effects we get from eagerly
> >> switching now.
> > 
> > 
> > Analogy is special, but is in-tree. How many in-tree drivers
> > require an nrt handler that does not switch back to primary mode?
> 
> That is not an argument because Xenomai never designed its APIs only for
> in-tree usage.

You were the one who restricted the discussion to in-tree drivers.
See the quoted part above. I will stop answering this thread now,
and let you discuss the issue with Philippe.

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					    Gilles.
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