Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262138AbVEEQOA (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 May 2005 12:14:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262143AbVEEQOA (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 May 2005 12:14:00 -0400 Received: from 12-210-11-163.client.insightBB.com ([12.210.11.163]:33540 "HELO thor") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262138AbVEEQN6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 May 2005 12:13:58 -0400 Date: Thu, 5 May 2005 12:12:50 -0400 From: "J. Scott Kasten" X-X-Sender: jsk@thor.tetracon-eng.net To: Deepak cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Real Time Signals In Powerpc Linux In-Reply-To: <1115290744.30022.233426961@webmail.messagingengine.com> Message-ID: References: <1115290744.30022.233426961@webmail.messagingengine.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1511 Lines: 39 See linux/include/asm-xxx/signal.h in your kernel tree, where xxx is the specific arch you are interested in. You will see definitions for a series of _NSIG macros. These define the number of available signals and the byte size of the signal mask data type. The stuff at the bottom is educational as well. You can then follow those defines into other header files as needed. Happy hacking, J. Scott Kasten Email: jscottkasten AT yahoo DOT com On Thu, 5 May 2005, Deepak wrote: > > I am working on a linux (v 2.4.20) based powerpc(8260) board. During > development of an application program I planned to use real time > signals(SIGRTMIN to SIGRTMAX) for interprocess communication. On giving > the command 'kill -l' on the terminal window of ppc linux it displayed > only 32 signals while giving the same command on an Intel based Linux PC > (same kernel version) showed all 64 signals. > > Anyone having idea whether these signals are present in powerpc Linux > kernal v 2.4.20 ? > > Deepak Gaur > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/