Re: LiS in user space

Stefano,

If you are going to end up in user space, you might consider the ACE C++
Adaptive Communications Environment, which is based on STREAMS, is very
mature, and runs on just about anything.  See,

 http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/adaptive.html

--brian

On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Longhi Stefano wrote:

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>    Hello,
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>    I   am   trying   to   compile   some  modules  and  drivers  togeth=
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>    with LiS-2.18 configured  to  run  in user-space. Those drivers do n=
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>    use   directly   the   hardware   but   communicate   with a  separa=
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>    non-streams driver.
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>    My aim is to obtain something that runs on a target environment.
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>    I read  in LiS documentation that it is possible to build a user-spa=
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>    version  of  LiS  that can be used for laboratory testing, but I cou=
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>    not find any additional information about this functionality.
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>    I have some questions about that:
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>    -  Is  it possible (and safe) to use this laboratory version of LiS =
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>    compile a target application that runs in user-space?
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>    -  how should I compile my modules together with user-space streams.=
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>    is it enough to link them together in my final executable?
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>    -  is  it possible (and how) to exchange data between a streams modu=
le
>    compiled in user space and a non-streams driver in kernel space?
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>    - are performances worst in this configuration?
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>    Thanks in advance
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>      Stefano

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