X-Git-Url: https://git.liburcu.org/?p=urcu.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=8d0b18e73e691bf282e1ad0c345ee07dfbc9f6e8;hp=c7403f8da1ca35e8d9734d74ed47e5fdabf3f7fd;hb=6425e2eea5b38186d86aca9b5deb5c642e06eb0a;hpb=69ee3e06681039891a04b98efea87a34ce84c6cb diff --git a/README b/README index c7403f8..8d0b18e 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -51,6 +51,13 @@ supported, with the following exceptions: Clang version 3.0 (based on LLVM 3.0) is supported. +Building on MacOS X (Darwin) requires a work-around for processor +detection: + # 32-bit + ./configure --build=i686-apple-darwin11 + # 64-bit + ./configure --build=x86_64-apple-darwin11 + For developers using the git tree: This source tree is based on the autotools suite from GNU to simplify @@ -94,6 +101,19 @@ Usage of all urcu libraries instead of inlines, so your application can link with the library. * Linking with one of the libraries below is always necessary even for LGPL and GPL applications. + * Define URCU_INLINE_SMALL_FUNCTIONS before including Userspace RCU + headers if you want Userspace RCU to inline small functions (10 + lines or less) into the application. It can be used by applications + distributed under any kind of license, and does *not* make the + application a derived work of Userspace RCU. + + Those small inlined functions are guaranteed to match the library + content as long as the library major version is unchanged. + Therefore, the application *must* be compiled with headers matching + the library major version number. Applications using + URCU_INLINE_SMALL_FUNCTIONS may be unable to use debugging + features of Userspace RCU without being recompiled. + Usage of liburcu @@ -297,3 +317,24 @@ SMP support ./configure --disable-smp-support theoretically yielding slightly better performance. + +MAKE TARGETS +------------ + +In addition to the usual "make check" target, Userspace RCU features +"make regtest" and "make bench" targets. + +make check: Short tests, meant to be run when rebuilding or porting + Userspace RCU. + +make regtest: Long (many hours) test, meant to be run when modifying + Userspace RCU or porting it to a new architecture or + operating system. + +make bench: Long (many hours) benchmarks. + +CONTACTS +-------- + +You can contact the maintainers on the following mailing list: +lttng-dev@lists.lttng.org