[erlang-questions] R15B changes erl_driver API

[Raimo Niskanen]

On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 02:23:46PM +0100, Tony Rogvall wrote:
> 
> Hi I am doing some upgrades of drivers right now. I realized that I sometimes need to be able to
> compile on pre R15 so I came up with the following scheme in drv_x.c:
> 
> #include "erl_driver.h"
> 
> // Hack to handle R15 driver used with pre R15 driver
> #if ERL_DRV_EXTENDED_MAJOR_VERSION == 1
> typedef int  ErlDrvSizeT;
> typedef int  ErlDrvSSizeT;
> #endif
> 
> Then I re-type x_ctl ...
> 
> I think this will work, at least for me ? Or will there be a 1.x that breaks this ?

No. Between major versions (going forward) it is supposed to suffice
with recompiling.

> 
> /Tony
> 
> 
> 
> On 25 jan 2012, at 07:17, Alexey Romanov wrote:
> 
> > Thank you! I'll try to fix it this or next month, when I have time.
> > 
> > Yours, Alexey Romanov
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Sverker Eriksson
> > <sverker@REDACTED> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> You must rebuild it with Erlang R15B to work.
> >>> 
> >> 
> >> Not just rebuild:
> >> 
> >> http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/erl_driver.html#rewrites_for_64_bits
> >> 
> >> 
> >> /Sverker, Erlang/OTP
> >> 
> >> 
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