"Can't obtain network semaphore"

[Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>]

Ian Caddy wrote:
> 
> 
> Till Straumann wrote:
> 
>>
>>
>> You're off track. The ID isn't used but the networking code
>> uses the core mutex directly. Read libnetworking/rtems/rtems_glue.c
>> (RTEMS_FAST_MUTEX defined)
>>
>> T.
>>
>>>
>>> was 4 then (at least on 4.5.0) indicates a:
> 
> 
> Now it all sort of makes sense why I didn't understand what you and 
> Chris were talking about.  We use RTEMS 4.5.0 still and that was the 
> codebase that I was looking at which doesn't have any of this code in it.
> 
> I just got hold of the 4.6.1 rtems_glue.c and I understand, as long as 
> the RTEMS_FAST_MUTEX is defined.  Is it defined in Steve's system?  If 
> not then my original comments still stand.

I think it is possible that the pointer to the score mutex is being
written over.

I still wonder if there is really any value to not calling the
real semaphore services.  I thought the direct use of score services
was just temporary for comparison and speed improvement until
we had the optimizations in semaphore.

Chris/Eric what do you guys remember?

> Ian C.


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