[openib-general] [openfabrics-ewg] OFED 1.1 RC7 fork() issue.

Tang, Changqing changquing.tang at hp.com
Tue Oct 17 07:02:19 PDT 2006


>>>     
>> What kernel are you testing? system() should work (in non threaded 
>> apps at
>> least) with modern kernel.
>>
>> --
>> 			Gleb.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>>   
>
>
> From the OFED release notes:
>
>3. Fork support from kernel 2.6.12 and above is available provided that
>   applications do not use threads. Only system() or fork() 
>and immediate
>   exec() are supported.

Thanks, I still use 2.6.9-34, Or Gerlitz told me that fork() support is
only in libibverbs1.1 which is not released yet. Both OFED 1.0 and 1.1
use libibverbs1.0, is it still true ?

--CQ


>
>Tziporet
>




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