[ofa-general] Any doc update on the fork() support ?
Joerg Zinke
umaxx at oleco.net
Wed Nov 14 08:26:00 PST 2007
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:27:34 +0000
"Tang, Changqing" <changquing.tang at hp.com> wrote:
> Here is a statement from OFED 1.3 alpha 2 release notes, it has not
> been changed for a few releases. is there any update ? Thanks.
>
> 3. Fork support from kernel 2.6.12 and above is available provided
> that applications do not use threads. The fork() is supported as
> long as the parent process does not run before the child exits or
> calls exec(). The former can be achieved by calling wait(childpid),
> and the latter can be achieved by application specific means. The
> Posix system() call is supported.
I'm interested in that too. Any news?
Regards,
Joerg
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