Forks/spawn test using ~latest~ CVS source 20031217 10:00AM (GMT+1)

Philippe Torche philippe.torche@jle.ch
Fri Dec 19 15:57:00 GMT 2003


Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 06:09:54PM -0500, Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com> wrote:
> 
>>On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 12:04:02AM +0100, Philippe Torche wrote:
>>
>>>I've tested the CVS source 20031217 10:00AM (GMT+1) to see if fork/spawn 
>>>works on Multi CPU (4 Xeon) with Windows 2003 Server (see old message 
>>>about it in the mailing list). Unfortunatly It doesn't !
>>>
>>>Below a test script, use it by running run_t.sh. After some time (< 1 
>>>minute) one or more of the 5 sub-shell stop. This batch works perfectly 
>>>using a single P4 cpu on Windows XP !
>>
>>I don't know how many people out there have Multi CPU Xeons, but I
>>suspect there aren't many.  This works fine in my single CPU system,
>>as you note.
>>
>>
>>>Thanks in advance, Philippe.
>>>
>>>PS 1 : 4-5th attempt to send a mail to cygwin@cygwin.com using three 
>>>different mail account, gmane newgroup ! Anti-spam ? :(
>>
>>Yes.  ZIP file attachments.
>>
>>
>>>PS 2 : Vital for me that this works before end of the month !
>>
>>Sorry, but why would your urgency have any bearing on a community,
>>volunteer project?
> 
> 
> Maybe he's implying there is funding available for working on this if
> necessary?
> 
Yes, I can (C, C++ is in my knowledge, debug, strace, ...).

Thanks a lot, Philippe.


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