[Lcdproc] lis pthreads patch [was lis driver fails to compile]

Daryl F wyatt@prairieturtle.ca
Sun Nov 4 23:08:01 2007


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Peter,

Here's the patch for the lis driver. It now uses pthread_create() and
is hopefully portable to non-Linux kernels. 

In adding another library test for autoconf I found the logic for
checking for libftdi and libusb wasn't quite right either. Now it
checks for all three and ensures that the version of libftdi with
ftdi_setdtr() is available. This also fixes the minor annoyance of
configure saying it will build the lis driver twice.

Thanks to Rene Wagner for your help with this.

Regards,
Daryl
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diff -ruN lcdproc-CVS-current-20071101/aclocal.m4 lcdproc-CVS-current-20071101-lis-pthread/aclocal.m4
--- lcdproc-CVS-current-20071101/aclocal.m4	2007-11-01 02:00:33.000000000 -0500
+++ lcdproc-CVS-current-20071101-lis-pthread/aclocal.m4	2007-11-04 16:50:19.000000000 -0600
@@ -270,27 +270,53 @@
 			])
 			;;
 		lis)
-			AC_CHECK_HEADERS([usb.h ftdi.h],[
-				AC_CHECK_LIB(ftdi, main,[
-					LIBFTDI="-lusb -lftdi"
-					DRIVERS="$DRIVERS lis${SO}"
-					actdrivers=["$actdrivers lis"]
+			AC_CHECK_HEADERS([usb.h],[
+				AC_CHECK_LIB(usb, main,[
+					ac_cv_lis_usb=yes
+				],[
+dnl				else
+					ac_cv_lis_usb=no
+					AC_MSG_WARN([The lis driver needs the usb library])
+				])
+			],[
+dnl			else
+				ac_cv_lis_usb=no
+				AC_MSG_WARN([The lis driver needs usb.h])
+			])
+			AC_CHECK_HEADERS([ftdi.h],[
+				AC_CHECK_LIB(ftdi, ftdi_setdtr,[
+					ac_cv_lis_ftdi=yes
 				],[
 dnl				else
-					AC_MSG_WARN([The lis driver needs the ftdi library])
+					ac_cv_lis_ftdi=no
+					AC_MSG_WARN([The lis driver needs the ftdi library >=0.8 with ftdi_setdtr()])
 				])
 			],[
 dnl			else
-				AC_MSG_WARN([The lis driver needs ftdi.h and usb.h])
+				ac_cv_lis_ftdi=no
+				AC_MSG_WARN([The lis driver needs ftdi.h])
 			])
-			AC_CACHE_CHECK([for ftdi_setdtr() in libftdi], ac_cv_ftdi_setdtr,
-			[oldlibs="$LIBS"
-			 LIBS="$LIBS $LIBFTDI"
-			 AC_TRY_LINK_FUNC(ftdi_setdtr, ac_cv_ftdi_setdtr=yes, ac_cv_ftdi_setdtr=no)
-			 LIBS="$oldlibs"
+			AC_CHECK_HEADERS([pthread.h],[
+				AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_create,[
+					ac_cv_lis_pthread=yes
+				],[
+dnl				else
+					ac_cv_lis_pthread=no
+					AC_MSG_WARN([The lis driver needs the pthread library and pthread_create() from it])
+				])
+			],[
+dnl			else
+				ac_cv_lis_pthread=no
+				AC_MSG_WARN([The lis driver needs pthread.h])
 			])
-			if test "$ac_cv_ftdi_setdtrt" = no; then
-				AC_MSG_WARN([Upgrade to libftdi >= version 0.8])
+			if test "$ac_cv_lis_usb" = yes; then
+				if test "$ac_cv_lis_ftdi" = yes; then
+					if test "$ac_cv_lis_pthread" = yes; then
+						LIBLIS="-lusb -lftdi -lpthread"
+						DRIVERS="$DRIVERS lis${SO}"
+						actdrivers=["$actdrivers lis"]
+					fi
+				fi
 			fi
 			;;
 		MD8800)
@@ -454,6 +480,7 @@
 AC_SUBST(LIBFTDI)
 AC_SUBST(LIBXOSD)
 AC_SUBST(LIBUSBLCD)
+AC_SUBST(LIBLIS)
 ])
 
 
diff -ruN lcdproc-CVS-current-20071101/server/drivers/Makefile.am lcdproc-CVS-current-20071101-lis-pthread/server/drivers/Makefile.am
--- lcdproc-CVS-current-20071101/server/drivers/Makefile.am	2007-09-26 02:01:00.000000000 -0500
+++ lcdproc-CVS-current-20071101-lis-pthread/server/drivers/Makefile.am	2007-11-04 16:13:00.000000000 -0600
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 irman_LDADD =        @LIBIRMAN@
 lcterm_LDADD =       libLCD.a
 lirc_LDADD =         @LIBLIRC_CLIENT@
-lis_LDADD =          libLCD.a @LIBFTDI@ libbignum.a
+lis_LDADD =          libLCD.a @LIBLIS@ libbignum.a
 MD8800_LDADD =       libLCD.a
 mtc_s16209x_LDADD =  libLCD.a
 MtxOrb_LDADD =       libLCD.a libbignum.a
diff -ruN lcdproc-CVS-current-20071101/server/drivers/lis.c lcdproc-CVS-current-20071101-lis-pthread/server/drivers/lis.c
--- lcdproc-CVS-current-20071101/server/drivers/lis.c	2007-06-18 02:00:30.000000000 -0500
+++ lcdproc-CVS-current-20071101-lis-pthread/server/drivers/lis.c	2007-11-04 16:54:51.000000000 -0600
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
  * 	2007/05/30	Remove set_custom_chars(). Implement
  * 			lis_set_chars(), lis_vbar(), lis_hbar()
  * 			and lis_num() using helper functions.
+ * 	2007/11/01	Change Linux-centric clone() to POSIX
+ * 			threads for portability.
  */
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 #include <usb.h>
 #include <ftdi.h>
@@ -367,8 +370,9 @@
 	PrivateData *p;
 	int err;
 	const char *s;
-	unsigned char buffer[64], *thread_stack;
+	unsigned char buffer[64];
 	int count;
+	pthread_t read_thread;
 
 	report(RPT_DEBUG, "%s: Initializing driver",
 		drvthis->name);
@@ -502,16 +506,14 @@
 		goto err_ftdi;
 	}
 
-	// clone a thread to keep a read up on the device
-	thread_stack = calloc(4096, 1);
-	if(! thread_stack) {
-		report(RPT_ERR, "%s: cannot create thread stack", drvthis->name);
-		goto err_framebuf;
-	}
-
-	err = clone(lis_read_thread, thread_stack+4092, CLONE_VM | CLONE_THREAD| CLONE_SIGHAND, drvthis);
-	if (err == -1) {
-		report(RPT_ERR, "%s: clone() - %s", drvthis->name, strerror(errno));
+	// create a thread to keep a read up on the device
+	err = pthread_create(	&read_thread,
+				NULL,
+				(void *) lis_read_thread,
+				drvthis
+				);
+	if (err) {
+		report(RPT_ERR, "%s: pthread_create() - %s", drvthis->name, err);
 		goto err_framebuf;
 	}
 	p->parent_flag = 1;		// show we're now a happy parent, birth successful.

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