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diff --git a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml index c37138e7b1..b34ca136f3 100644 --- a/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml +++ b/erts/doc/src/driver_entry.xml @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE cref SYSTEM "cref.dtd"> <cref> <header> <copyright> - <year>2001</year><year>2012</year> + <year>2001</year><year>2013</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ <p>When the driver has passed the <c>driver_entry</c> over to the emulator, the driver is <em>not</em> allowed to modify the <c>driver_entry</c>.</p> + <p>If compiling a driver for static inclusion via --enable-static-drivers you + have to define STATIC_ERLANG_DRIVER before the DRIVER_INIT declaration.</p> <note> <p>Do <em>not</em> declare the <c>driver_entry</c> <c>const</c>. This since the emulator needs to modify the <c>handle</c>, and the <c>handle2</c> @@ -243,10 +245,14 @@ typedef struct erl_drv_entry { something that the <c>WaitForMultipleObjects</c> API function understands). (Some trickery in the emulator allows more than the built-in limit of 64 <c>Events</c> to be used.)</p> + <p>On Enea OSE the <c>event</c> is one or more signals that can + be retrieved using <seealso marker="ose:ose_erl_driver#erl_drv_ose_get_signal">erl_drv_ose_get_signal</seealso>.</p> <p>To use this with threads and asynchronous routines, create a - pipe on unix and an Event on Windows. When the routine + pipe on unix, an Event on Windows or a unique signal number on + Enea OSE. When the routine completes, write to the pipe (use <c>SetEvent</c> on - Windows), this will make the emulator call + Windows or send a message to the emulator process on Enea OSE), + this will make the emulator call <c>ready_input</c> or <c>ready_output</c>.</p> <p>Spurious events may happen. That is, calls to <c>ready_input</c> or <c>ready_output</c> even though no real events are signaled. In |