Support for Windows CE 6.0

Support for Windows CE 6.0

[Matthieu GALLIEN]

Hello,

I am working on a project using an embedded board with an ARM running windows CE 6.0.

I would like to use an existing library that depends on pthread for its threading needs.
I am more than happy to have found that there exists a library with the exact purpose of easing the porting of pthread using code to win32.

So does anybody reading this mailling list have any information regarding the support of windows CE and especially the 6.0 version ?

I am sorry, but because I mostly have a Linux background, I do not know the particularities of windows CE platform APIs. This is the main reason why I ask for help.

Thanks in advance for any help

Best regards

--
Matthieu Gallien
ACTOLL
19, Avenue du Granier 38240
Meylan - France

Re: Support for Windows CE 6.0

[Ross Johnson]

On 16/11/2010 3:03 AM, Matthieu GALLIEN wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am working on a project using an embedded board with an ARM running windows CE 6.0.
>
> I would like to use an existing library that depends on pthread for its threading needs.
> I am more than happy to have found that there exists a library with the exact purpose of easing the porting of pthread using code to win32.
>
> So does anybody reading this mailling list have any information regarding the support of windows CE and especially the 6.0 version ?
>
> I am sorry, but because I mostly have a Linux background, I do not know the particularities of windows CE platform APIs. This is the main reason why I ask for help.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help

It has definitely worked with WinCE in the past following Tristan 
Savatier's patches, and the last updates relating to WinCE were in 2007, 
but I don't know any more than this. So there is a very good chance it 
will work for you with little or no change. See the link for background 
information:

http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/pthreads/WinCE-PORT?rev=1.5&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=pthreads-win32

You will ahve to build from source though.

Incidently, while I was gathering the above information I noticed that 
several ChangeLog entries had gone missing, which I've now restored. The 
ChangeLog is an important means of attributing contributions, so my 
apologies to those contributors.

Ross

RE: Support for Windows CE 6.0

[Matthieu GALLIEN]

Hello,

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pthreads-win32-owner@sourceware.org 
> [mailto:pthreads-win32-owner@sourceware.org] De la part de 
> Ross Johnson
> Envoyé : mardi 16 novembre 2010 11:32
> À : Matthieu GALLIEN
> Cc : pthreads-win32@sourceware.org
> Objet : Re: Support for Windows CE 6.0
> 
> On 16/11/2010 3:03 AM, Matthieu GALLIEN wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am working on a project using an embedded board with an 
> ARM running windows CE 6.0.
> >
> > I would like to use an existing library that depends on 
> pthread for its threading needs.
> > I am more than happy to have found that there exists a 
> library with the exact purpose of easing the porting of 
> pthread using code to win32.
> >
> > So does anybody reading this mailling list have any 
> information regarding the support of windows CE and 
> especially the 6.0 version ?
> >
> > I am sorry, but because I mostly have a Linux background, I 
> do not know the particularities of windows CE platform APIs. 
> This is the main reason why I ask for help.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help
> 
> It has definitely worked with WinCE in the past following Tristan 
> Savatier's patches, and the last updates relating to WinCE 
> were in 2007, 
> but I don't know any more than this. So there is a very good 
> chance it 
> will work for you with little or no change. See the link for 
> background 
> information:
> 
> http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/pthreads/WinCE-PORT?r
> ev=1.5&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=pthreads-win32
> 
> You will ahve to build from source though.
> 

Thanks for the information, I had downloaded the last version of the source archive after sending the mail and read the WinCE-PORT file. I will double check with the version in CVS.

I am definitely prepared to build from source. In case of further question or patches, I will follow on the list.

Is there some regression tests suite that I could use to test my build ?

Best regards

--
  
 Matthieu Gallien
ACTOLL
19, Avenue du Granier 38240
Meylan - France

Re: Support for Windows CE 6.0

[Ross Johnson]

On 16/11/2010 9:44 PM, Matthieu GALLIEN wrote:
> Hello,
>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : pthreads-win32-owner@sourceware.org
>> [mailto:pthreads-win32-owner@sourceware.org] De la part de
>> Ross Johnson
>> Envoyé : mardi 16 novembre 2010 11:32
>> À : Matthieu GALLIEN
>> Cc : pthreads-win32@sourceware.org
>> Objet : Re: Support for Windows CE 6.0
>>
>> On 16/11/2010 3:03 AM, Matthieu GALLIEN wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am working on a project using an embedded board with an
>> ARM running windows CE 6.0.
>>> I would like to use an existing library that depends on
>> pthread for its threading needs.
>>> I am more than happy to have found that there exists a
>> library with the exact purpose of easing the porting of
>> pthread using code to win32.
>>> So does anybody reading this mailling list have any
>> information regarding the support of windows CE and
>> especially the 6.0 version ?
>>> I am sorry, but because I mostly have a Linux background, I
>> do not know the particularities of windows CE platform APIs.
>> This is the main reason why I ask for help.
>>> Thanks in advance for any help
>> It has definitely worked with WinCE in the past following Tristan
>> Savatier's patches, and the last updates relating to WinCE
>> were in 2007,
>> but I don't know any more than this. So there is a very good
>> chance it
>> will work for you with little or no change. See the link for
>> background
>> information:
>>
>> http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/pthreads/WinCE-PORT?r
>> ev=1.5&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=pthreads-win32
>>
>> You will ahve to build from source though.
>>
> Thanks for the information, I had downloaded the last version of the source archive after sending the mail and read the WinCE-PORT file. I will double check with the version in CVS.
>
> I am definitely prepared to build from source. In case of further question or patches, I will follow on the list.
>
> Is there some regression tests suite that I could use to test my build ?

There is a "Tests" directory alongside the source files that contains a 
reasonably extensive suite of tests. I build the library and run the 
tests using the respective makefiles. The VC makefile is "Makefile" 
while the GCC makefile is "GNUmakefile". If you run "nmake" without 
arguments you will be shown a list of targets.