Re: [PATCH 3/3] cpumask: add show cpu map functions v2

From: Bert Wesarg
Date: Thu Apr 10 2008 - 02:05:47 EST


On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 2:29 AM, Paul Jackson <pj@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Bert wrote:
> > PS: this is the only source I found for the libbitmask(3):
>
> Mike has been mentioning libbitmask as if it were readily
> available outside SGI. That's not entirely true, yet.
>
> SGI delivers libbitmask as part of its products to its
> customers under an LGPL license, and I provide libbitmask
> sources to others on request. Real Soon Now (tm) I will
> be publishing libbitmask sources on our oss.sgi.com web
> site for one and all to make use of, under LGPL license.
> But I haven't done that ... yet.
>
> Libbitmask is a user level library, similar in purpose to,
> but quite different in internal implementation and API
> details from, the bitmap, cpumask and nodemask types in
> the kernel.
>
> A second library, libcpuset, is also delivered by SGI under
> LGPL license, and provides a rich C library for use by
> major applications requiring a robust cpuset interface.
> This library too should become more easily obtained, once
> I get around to publishing it on oss.sgi.com.
Thank you for this information.

Bert
>
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