Windows kernel-mode implementation of pthreads

Phil Frisbie, Jr. phil@hawksoft.com
Fri Jan 9 17:09:00 GMT 2004


Nedko Arnaudov wrote:
> Is there Windows kernel-mode implementation of pthreads ?

Is one needed? I must admit I do not know all the rules of Windows kernel mode 
programming.

> I currently want only condition variable.

It is not too hard to port condition variables over to Windows events if that is 
all you need.

> If not (expected), will it be
> violation of LGPL if I use code from pthreads-win32 in kernel mode
> driver for Windows ?

If you need to 'cut and paste' then you will need to publish your source code, 
but if you use pthreads-win32 as a DLL you do not.

> If it is legal, I'd like to know about any caveats
> that you expect I'll fall into when porting condition variable code into
> Windows Kernel mode.

-- 
Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Hawk Software
http://www.hawksoft.com



More information about the Pthreads-win32 mailing list