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From: Steven Scholz <steven.scholz@domain.hid>
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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] special glibc support for Xenomai?
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Philippe,

>> I wonder if I would need a special glibc support in order to build and run
>> xenomai applications.
> 
> In short, no. You could use the oldish linuxthreads, or the NPTL as you
> see fit, from any glibc version...
Thanks.

> ... Hi-res timing is provided by the
> Xenomai nucleus directly, and it is implicitely made available by the
> Xenomai APIs to the bound applications.

But that would need some low level support for my special platform? Cause
hrtimers are platform specific. Right?

> In the particular POSIX case, calling e.g. nanosleep() over a Xenomai
> thread context already gives you a microsecond-level precision for
> timings. 
Ok.

> You just need to make sure to compile/link with the hardened
> Xenomai POSIX library, try running:
> $ xeno-config --posix-cflags|--posix-ldflags.
What does it do?
Can I use it for cross-compiling as well?

Steven