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diff --git a/pthreads/ANNOUNCE b/pthreads/ANNOUNCE new file mode 100644 index 000000000..97d94e702 --- /dev/null +++ b/pthreads/ANNOUNCE @@ -0,0 +1,476 @@ + PTHREADS-WIN32 RELEASE 2.8.0 (2006-12-22) + ----------------------------------------- + Web Site: http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/ + FTP Site: ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32 + Maintainer: Ross Johnson <rpj@callisto.canberra.edu.au> + + +We are pleased to announce the availability of a new release of +Pthreads-win32, an Open Source Software implementation of the +Threads component of the POSIX 1003.1 2001 Standard for Microsoft's +Win32 environment. Some functions from other sections of POSIX +1003.1 2001 are also supported including semaphores and scheduling +functions. + +Some common non-portable functions are also implemented for +additional compatibility, as are a few functions specific +to pthreads-win32 for easier integration with Win32 applications. + +Pthreads-win32 is free software, distributed under the GNU Lesser +General Public License (LGPL). + + +Acknowledgements +---------------- +This library is based originally on a Win32 pthreads +implementation contributed by John Bossom <John.Bossom@cognos.com>. + +The implementation of Condition Variables uses algorithms developed +by Alexander Terekhov and Louis Thomas. + +The implementation of POSIX mutexes has been improved by Thomas Pfaff +and later by Alexander Terekhov. + +The implementation of Spinlocks and Barriers was contributed +by Ross Johnson. + +The implementation of read/write locks was contributed by +Aurelio Medina and improved by Alexander Terekhov. + +Many others have contributed significant time and effort to solve crutial +problems in order to make the library workable, robust and reliable. + +Thanks to Xavier Leroy for granting permission to use and modify his +LinuxThreads manual pages. + +Thanks to The Open Group for making the Single Unix Specification +publicly available - many of the manual pages included in the package +were extracted from it. + +There is also a separate CONTRIBUTORS file. This file and others are +on the web site: + + http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32 + +As much as possible, the ChangeLog file acknowledges contributions to the +code base in more detail. + + +Changes since the last release +------------------------------ +These are now documented in the NEWS file. +See the ChangeLog file also. + + +Known Bugs +---------- +These are now documented in the BUGS file. + + +Level of standards conformance +------------------------------ + +The following POSIX 1003.1 2001 options are defined and set to 200112L: + + _POSIX_THREADS + _POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS + _POSIX_THREAD_ATTR_STACKSIZE + _POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING + _POSIX_SEMAPHORES + _POSIX_READER_WRITER_LOCKS + _POSIX_SPIN_LOCKS + _POSIX_BARRIERS + + +The following POSIX 1003.1 2001 options are defined and set to -1: + + _POSIX_THREAD_ATTR_STACKADDR + _POSIX_THREAD_PRIO_INHERIT + _POSIX_THREAD_PRIO_PROTECT + _POSIX_THREAD_PROCESS_SHARED + + +The following POSIX 1003.1 2001 limits are defined and set: + + _POSIX_THREAD_THREADS_MAX + _POSIX_SEM_VALUE_MAX + _POSIX_SEM_NSEMS_MAX + _POSIX_THREAD_KEYS_MAX + _POSIX_THREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS + PTHREAD_STACK_MIN + PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX + SEM_VALUE_MAX + SEM_NSEMS_MAX + PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX + PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS + + +The following functions are implemented: + + --------------------------- + PThreads + --------------------------- + pthread_attr_init + pthread_attr_destroy + pthread_attr_getdetachstate + pthread_attr_getstackaddr + pthread_attr_getstacksize + pthread_attr_setdetachstate + pthread_attr_setstackaddr + pthread_attr_setstacksize + + pthread_create + pthread_detach + pthread_equal + pthread_exit + pthread_join + pthread_once + pthread_self + + pthread_cancel + pthread_cleanup_pop + pthread_cleanup_push + pthread_setcancelstate + pthread_setcanceltype + pthread_testcancel + + --------------------------- + Thread Specific Data + --------------------------- + pthread_key_create + pthread_key_delete + pthread_setspecific + pthread_getspecific + + --------------------------- + Mutexes + --------------------------- + pthread_mutexattr_init + pthread_mutexattr_destroy + pthread_mutexattr_getpshared + pthread_mutexattr_setpshared + pthread_mutexattr_gettype + pthread_mutexattr_settype (types: PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT + PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL + PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK + PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE ) + pthread_mutex_init + pthread_mutex_destroy + pthread_mutex_lock + pthread_mutex_trylock + pthread_mutex_timedlock + pthread_mutex_unlock + + --------------------------- + Condition Variables + --------------------------- + pthread_condattr_init + pthread_condattr_destroy + pthread_condattr_getpshared + pthread_condattr_setpshared + + pthread_cond_init + pthread_cond_destroy + pthread_cond_wait + pthread_cond_timedwait + pthread_cond_signal + pthread_cond_broadcast + + --------------------------- + Read/Write Locks + --------------------------- + pthread_rwlock_init + pthread_rwlock_destroy + pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock + pthread_rwlock_trywrlock + pthread_rwlock_rdlock + pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock + pthread_rwlock_rwlock + pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock + pthread_rwlock_unlock + pthread_rwlockattr_init + pthread_rwlockattr_destroy + pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared + pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared + + --------------------------- + Spin Locks + --------------------------- + pthread_spin_init + pthread_spin_destroy + pthread_spin_lock + pthread_spin_unlock + pthread_spin_trylock + + --------------------------- + Barriers + --------------------------- + pthread_barrier_init + pthread_barrier_destroy + pthread_barrier_wait + pthread_barrierattr_init + pthread_barrierattr_destroy + pthread_barrierattr_getpshared + pthread_barrierattr_setpshared + + --------------------------- + Semaphores + --------------------------- + sem_init + sem_destroy + sem_post + sem_wait + sem_trywait + sem_timedwait + sem_getvalue (# free if +ve, # of waiters if -ve) + sem_open (returns an error ENOSYS) + sem_close (returns an error ENOSYS) + sem_unlink (returns an error ENOSYS) + + --------------------------- + RealTime Scheduling + --------------------------- + pthread_attr_getschedparam + pthread_attr_setschedparam + pthread_attr_getinheritsched + pthread_attr_setinheritsched + pthread_attr_getschedpolicy (only supports SCHED_OTHER) + pthread_attr_setschedpolicy (only supports SCHED_OTHER) + pthread_getschedparam + pthread_setschedparam + pthread_getconcurrency + pthread_setconcurrency + pthread_attr_getscope + pthread_attr_setscope (only supports PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM) + sched_get_priority_max + sched_get_priority_min + sched_rr_get_interval (returns an error ENOTSUP) + sched_setscheduler (only supports SCHED_OTHER) + sched_getscheduler (only supports SCHED_OTHER) + sched_yield + + --------------------------- + Signals + --------------------------- + pthread_sigmask + pthread_kill (only supports zero sig value, + for thread validity checking) + + --------------------------- + Non-portable routines (see the README.NONPORTABLE file for usage) + --------------------------- + pthread_getw32threadhandle_np + pthread_timechange_handler_np + pthread_delay_np + pthread_mutexattr_getkind_np + pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np (types: PTHREAD_MUTEX_FAST_NP, + PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK_NP, + PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP, + PTHREAD_MUTEX_ADAPTIVE_NP, + PTHREAD_MUTEX_TIMED_NP) + pthread_num_processors_np + pthread_win32_process_attach_np (Required when statically linking + the library) + pthread_win32_process_detach_np (Required when statically linking + the library) + pthread_win32_thread_attach_np (Required when statically linking + the library) + pthread_win32_thread_detach_np (Required when statically linking + the library) + + --------------------------- + Static Initializers + --------------------------- + PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT + PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER + PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER + PTHREAD_RECURSIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP + PTHREAD_ERRORCHECK_MUTEX_INITIALIZER + PTHREAD_ERRORCHECK_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP + PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER + PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER + PTHREAD_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER + + --------------------------- + Thread-Safe C Runtime Library (macros) + --------------------------- + strtok_r + asctime_r + ctime_r + gmtime_r + localtime_r + rand_r + + +The following functions are not implemented: + + --------------------------- + RealTime Scheduling + --------------------------- + pthread_mutex_getprioceiling + pthread_mutex_setprioceiling + pthread_mutex_attr_getprioceiling + pthread_mutex_attr_getprotocol + pthread_mutex_attr_setprioceiling + pthread_mutex_attr_setprotocol + + --------------------------- + Fork Handlers + --------------------------- + pthread_atfork + + --------------------------- + Stdio + --------------------------- + flockfile + ftrylockfile + funlockfile + getc_unlocked + getchar_unlocked + putc_unlocked + putchar_unlocked + + --------------------------- + Thread-Safe C Runtime Library + --------------------------- + readdir_r + getgrgid_r + getgrnam_r + getpwuid_r + getpwnam_r + + --------------------------- + Signals + --------------------------- + sigtimedwait + sigwait + sigwaitinfo + + --------------------------- + General + --------------------------- + sysconf + +The library includes two non-API functions for creating cancellation +points in applications and libraries: + + pthreadCancelableWait + pthreadCancelableTimedWait + + +Availability +------------ + +The prebuilt DLL, export libs (for both MSVC and Mingw32), and the header +files (pthread.h, semaphore.h, sched.h) are available along with the +complete source code. + +The source code can be found at: + + ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32 + +and as individual source code files at + + ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32/source + +The pre-built DLL, export libraries and include files can be found at: + + ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32/dll-latest + + + +Mailing List +------------ + +There is a mailing list for discussing pthreads on Win32. To join, +send email to: + + pthreads-win32-subscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com + + +Application Development Environments +------------------------------------ + +See the README file for more information. + +MSVC: +MSVC using SEH works. Distribute pthreadVSE.dll with your application. +MSVC using C++ EH works. Distribute pthreadVCE.dll with your application. +MSVC using C setjmp/longjmp works. Distribute pthreadVC.dll with your application. + + +Mingw32: +See the FAQ, Questions 6 and 10. + +Mingw using C++ EH works. Distribute pthreadGCE.dll with your application. +Mingw using C setjmp/longjmp works. Distribute pthreadGC.dll with your application. + + +Cygwin: (http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/) +Developers using Cygwin will not need pthreads-win32 since it has POSIX threads +support. Refer to its documentation for details and extent. + + +UWIN: +UWIN is a complete Unix-like environment for Windows from AT&T. Pthreads-win32 +doesn't currently support UWIN (and vice versa), but that may change in the +future. + +Generally: +For convenience, the following pre-built files are available on the FTP site +(see Availability above): + + pthread.h - for POSIX 1c threads + semaphore.h - for POSIX 1b semaphores + sched.h - for POSIX 1b scheduling + pthreadVCE.dll - built with MSVC++ compiler using C++ EH + pthreadVCE.lib + pthreadVC.dll - built with MSVC compiler using C setjmp/longjmp + pthreadVC.lib + pthreadVSE.dll - built with MSVC compiler using SEH + pthreadVSE.lib + pthreadGCE.dll - built with Mingw32 G++ 2.95.2-1 + pthreadGC.dll - built with Mingw32 GCC 2.95.2-1 using setjmp/longjmp + libpthreadGCE.a - derived from pthreadGCE.dll + libpthreadGC.a - derived from pthreadGC.dll + gcc.dll - needed if distributing applications that use + pthreadGCE.dll (but see the FAQ Q 10 for the latest + related information) + +These are the only files you need in order to build POSIX threads +applications for Win32 using either MSVC or Mingw32. + +See the FAQ file in the source tree for additional information. + + +Documentation +------------- + +For the authoritative reference, see the online POSIX +standard reference at: + + http://www.OpenGroup.org + +For POSIX Thread API programming, several reference books are +available: + + Programming with POSIX Threads + David R. Butenhof + Addison-Wesley (pub) + + Pthreads Programming + By Bradford Nichols, Dick Buttlar & Jacqueline Proulx Farrell + O'Reilly (pub) + +On the web: see the links at the bottom of the pthreads-win32 site: + + http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/ + + Currently, there is no documentation included in the package apart + from the copious comments in the source code. + + + +Enjoy! + +Ross Johnson |