[ECOS] lib/timeout.c

[Gary Thomas]

On 09-Jun-2001 tb wrote:
> 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.
> 

I personally wouldn't try - too much has changed and not always along
easily defined borders.

As I said below, use the CVS.  There may be some initial pain, but the
benefits will far outweigh it.

> 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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