From aaa4964a2277a1e265da4e7b91d5b1e3c3faa84e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: marha Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:27:35 +0000 Subject: cvs update pthreads --- pthreads/ANNOUNCE | 952 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 476 insertions(+), 476 deletions(-) (limited to 'pthreads/ANNOUNCE') diff --git a/pthreads/ANNOUNCE b/pthreads/ANNOUNCE index 97d94e702..703070d1a 100644 --- a/pthreads/ANNOUNCE +++ b/pthreads/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,476 +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 - - -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 . - -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 + 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 + + +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 . + +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 -- cgit v1.2.3