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diff --git a/pthreads/ANNOUNCE b/pthreads/ANNOUNCE index 3fa6232c1..b5a096e3f 100644 --- a/pthreads/ANNOUNCE +++ b/pthreads/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ - PTHREADS-WIN32 RELEASE 2.9.0 (2007-??-??) - ----------------------------------------- - 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> +PTHREADS-WIN32 RELEASE 2.9.1 (2012-05-27) +----------------------------------------- +Web Site: http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/ +FTP Site: ftp://sourceware.org/pub/pthreads-win32 +Maintainer: Ross Johnson <ross.johnson@loungebythelake.net> We are pleased to announce the availability of a new release of @@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ Win32 environment. Some functions from other sections of POSIX 1003.1 2001 are also supported including semaphores and scheduling functions. +This release replaces an extremely brief 2.9.0 release and adds +some last minute non-code changes were made to embed better +descriptive properties in the dlls to indicate target architecture +and build environments. + 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. @@ -23,7 +28,7 @@ General Public License (LGPL). Acknowledgements ---------------- This library is based originally on a Win32 pthreads -implementation contributed by John Bossom <John.Bossom@cognos.com>. +implementation contributed by John Bossom. The implementation of Condition Variables uses algorithms developed by Alexander Terekhov and Louis Thomas. @@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ 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 + http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32 As much as possible, the ChangeLog file acknowledges contributions to the code base in more detail. @@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ 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: +The following POSIX options are defined and set to 200809L: _POSIX_THREADS _POSIX_THREAD_SAFE_FUNCTIONS @@ -81,8 +86,7 @@ The following POSIX 1003.1 2001 options are defined and set to 200112L: _POSIX_SPIN_LOCKS _POSIX_BARRIERS - -The following POSIX 1003.1 2001 options are defined and set to -1: +The following POSIX options are defined and set to -1: _POSIX_THREAD_ATTR_STACKADDR _POSIX_THREAD_PRIO_INHERIT @@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ The following POSIX 1003.1 2001 options are defined and set to -1: _POSIX_THREAD_PROCESS_SHARED -The following POSIX 1003.1 2001 limits are defined and set: +The following POSIX limits are defined and set: _POSIX_THREAD_THREADS_MAX _POSIX_SEM_VALUE_MAX @@ -249,6 +253,8 @@ The following functions are implemented: sched_get_priority_max sched_get_priority_min sched_rr_get_interval (returns an error ENOTSUP) + sched_getaffinity + sched_setaffinity sched_setscheduler (only supports SCHED_OTHER) sched_getscheduler (only supports SCHED_OTHER) sched_yield @@ -263,10 +269,14 @@ The following functions are implemented: --------------------------- Non-portable routines (see the README.NONPORTABLE file for usage) --------------------------- + pthread_timedjoin_np + pthread_tryjoin_np pthread_getw32threadhandle_np pthread_timechange_handler_np pthread_delay_np pthread_getunique_np + pthread_getaffinity_np + pthread_setaffinity_np pthread_mutexattr_getkind_np pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np (types: PTHREAD_MUTEX_FAST_NP, PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK_NP, @@ -274,14 +284,15 @@ The following functions are implemented: 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) + (The following four routines may be required when linking statically. + The process_* routines should not be needed for MSVC or GCC.) + pthread_win32_process_attach_np + pthread_win32_process_detach_np + (The following routines should only be needed to manage implicit + POSIX handles i.e. when Win native threads call POSIX thread routines + (other than pthread_create)) + pthread_win32_thread_attach_np + pthread_win32_thread_detach_np --------------------------- Static Initializers @@ -296,6 +307,19 @@ The following functions are implemented: PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER PTHREAD_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER + --------------------------- + CPU Affinity Mask Support + --------------------------- + CPU_ZERO + CPU_EQUAL + CPU_COUNT + CPU_SET + CPU_CLR + CPU_ISSET + CPU_AND + CPU_OR + CPU_XOR + The library includes two non-API functions for creating cancellation points in applications and libraries: |