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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have (real-time) C processes running in kernel mode that I would like to interface with my Erlang node on the same machine but in user mode. Due to the kernel mode / real-time constrains (only access to subset of Standard C) , my C processes
don't have access to stdin/out but they do have UDP and TCP connectivity (via proprietary environment library). That said, I am thinking that I can use gen_tcp in place of open_port on the VM side along with appropriate encoding/decoding (via ei.h) on the
RT C process side (this versus writing my own TCP scheme).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My issue now though is that ei.h in full doesn't compile due to only a subset of the standard C libraries being offered in my environment. My thoughts are to strip out the heavier stuff that doesn't work in my environment from ei and keep
the stuff I need (namely the encode/decode functionality).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am still digging into ei.h to see if there are any snags to my approach (assuming it is worthwhile) AND I am very (very) new to Erlang so I just wanted to see if I was in the right direction for my particular (constrained) application
scenario. If there is a better way some enlightenment would also be appreciated
<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Brett<o:p></o:p></p>
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