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Re: [lwip-users] Binary/counting semaphores and lwIP
From: |
Simon Goldschmidt |
Subject: |
Re: [lwip-users] Binary/counting semaphores and lwIP |
Date: |
Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:27:47 +0200 |
Magnus S <address@hidden> wrote:
> Are there any benefits from using counting semaphores instead of binary
> semaphores for lwIP?
No.
> Is it at all possible to use binary semaphores with lwIP?
Yes.
> According to this wiki-page it seems as the choice does not matter, but
> are
> there any other considerations that should be taken into account?
> http://lwip.wikia.com/wiki/Porting_for_an_OS
And it seems the wiki is correct there.
> In my case the system is using AVR32 with FreeRTOS.
> In the default setting of the Atmel example applications, binary
> semaphores
> are used. Could that cause any issues?
No.
When using counting semaphores, lwIP will only count them to 1, so there's no
real use for that.
Simon
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