[erlang-questions] Linked-in drivers: driver_lock_driver and driver_create_port

[Tony Rogvall]

On 15 dec 2007, at 20.16, Joel Reymont wrote:

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> On Dec 15, 2007, at 3:25 PM, Tony Rogvall wrote:
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>> Now the listener will create the port and install the descriptor  
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>> port to the erlang side and no locking is involved on the driver  
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> So this is useful for drivers that deal with lots of file  
> descriptors or network connections and want to let Erlang access  
> them? Right?

Not generally, No.

But for kernel calls that create file descriptors, yes.

/Tony


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> 	Thanks, Joel
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