From: joy <gracecott@sancharnet.in>
Cc: linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: various doubts ......
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:21:55 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <411989CB.3000304@sancharnet.in> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4117B259.1090500@sancharnet.in>
joy wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a few , though unconnected doubts.
>
> 1) can a named pipe be locked using normal lockf() or do I have to
> perform some voodoo?
>
Yes it can! I tried it out with two processes trying to write to the
pipe at the same time.One obtains the lock
and sleep()s for 10 seconds during which the other process is blocked.
> 2) I need to transfer data (protocol not an issue, just raw data) from
> a usb peripheral(not HDD)
> to the host comp. can I do this without writing a usb driver
> myself, i.e , using some generic or user-space driver (like ppdev)
> the peripheral is a texas instruments tusb246b hub.
>
> Thanx in advance,
> Joy.M.Monteiro
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-11 2:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-09 17:20 various doubts joy
2004-08-09 23:50 ` Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino
2004-08-11 2:51 ` joy [this message]
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