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Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 22:36:08 +0200
From: Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>
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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] IDDP/XDDP File/Socket descriptors with
	select/epoll
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To: Guvenc Gulce <gulceg@domain.hid>
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On 05/12/2011 08:02 PM, Guvenc Gulce wrote:
> Hi
> The Xenomai IPC Mechanisms IDDP and XDDP use the Posix Socket API.
> Is it possible to monitor the returned file/socket descriptors of IDDP/XDDP
> sockets using the select/epoll mechanisms ?
> 
> For example can we monitor the socket descriptors of IDDP Sockets using
> the posix select and/or linux epoll mechanism if those sockets
> are running in the context of two xenomai real time threads which are 
> trying to communicate with each other over IDDP ?

The posix skin has a select service, which requires support from the
underlying driver, which nobody has implemented for the IDDP/XDDP
sockets. But we would welcome patches doing so.

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                                                                Gilles.