From: "Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen" <tarjei@online.no>
Subject: Re: Signals from ethernet card driver
Date: 1999/04/30
Date: 1999-04-30T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3729EBFE.BC6402F9@online.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3728E864.C1BAB081@res.raytheon.com
askeya wrote:
> I am not sure if this is a Solaris or an Ada question so I'll post to
> both places.
>
> I am trying to get a driver to signal my Ada program when a TCP/IP
> message arrives over an ethernet on a Sun running Solaris 2.7. It would
> be great if the signal would act as a task rendezvous. I have done this
> on a VAX with VMS using Starlet, but don't have a clue if it can be done
> on a Sun with Solaris.
>
> First question: can the driver send a signal when a message arrives?
>
> Second question: In theory, can I receive that signal in my program?
>
> Third question (if you feel ambitious): In general, how?
Why not use sockets? I suppose forrest (available at various net sites which
carries ada source) would do nicely. I would even assume that your ada
environment/compiler comes with the neccessary definitions to use sockets.
Greetings,
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-04-30 0:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-04-29 0:00 Signals from ethernet card driver askeya
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1999-05-03 0:00 ` Vincent P. Amiot
1999-05-07 0:00 ` askeya
1999-04-30 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen [this message]
1999-04-30 0:00 ` askeya
1999-05-27 0:00 ` Vincent Amiot
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