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From: Jeff Webb <jeff.webb@domain.hid>
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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] Porting / API Questions
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To: Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>
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Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
> There should be no problem mixing the POSIX API with other
> interfaces. If a POSIX service absolutely requires a POSIX skin thread,
> it will return an error of EPERM when called from an invalid
> context. 

Thanks!

> Now, if you want to exchange messages "the POSIX way", you can
> use POSIX message queues.

I will probably make this switch, but I would rather get the code ported to xenomai with as few changes as possible.  After that, I will try to go "the POSIX way" to future-proof the code as much as possible.

-Jeff