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RE: lib/timeout.c
- To: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: RE: [ECOS] lib/timeout.c
- From: tb <terrencebarr at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 17:20:43 -0700 (PDT)
Ah, ok.
Now, can I upgrade to the new net stuff under CVS without updating
all of my eCos sources? Seems like the net changes require new
packages like CYGPKG_MEMALLOC and CYGPKG_ISOINFRA which are not
present in the 1_3_1 release.
Thanks,
-- Terrence
--- Gary Thomas <gthomas@cambridge.redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 08-Jun-2001 tb wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The TCP/IP stack comes with timeout.c code. In testing our ethernet driver
> > and the TCP/IP stack we've noticed that timeouts sometimes get screwed up.
> > It seems that when timeout() gets called while a previous timeout is still
> > pending the computation of min_delta results in negative values and from
> > that point on the timeout queue is broken. As a result the TCP/IP resources
> > don't get released and opening new connections fails.
> >
> > I haven't found any clues in the archives. Any ideas? PS: We are using
> > the released net package, not the CVS one.
>
> There's the problem; the timeout code has been completely restructured because
> of just these sort of problems with the 1.3.1 network code.
>
> Use the CVS - it's up to date and it works.
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