Re: [MiNT] proposed change in signal handling

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

On 10/17/11 13:58, Peter Persson wrote:
> 2011/10/17 Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>:
>
>> I don't see any mention of SA_SIGACTION and sa_action on my Linux box.
>> Can't we follow some natural convention here, as you mention other
>> unixoids, which ones ?
> My bad; was supposed to be SA_SIGINFO and (struct
> sigaction).sa_sigaction. Slight mixup inside my head.
>

O.k. that's better :-)

> From the top of my head, the unixiods I was thinking about were:
>  - linux
>  - darwin
>  - freebsd
>  - openbsd
>  - qnx
> ... and most likely others too (just google '<some unixoid> sigaction()')
>
> The convention for sigaction() should naturally match that of any other unixoid.
> There seems to be no reliable standard for the context structure in
> the signal handler however, it's system- and CPU-specific.

That's fine. Looking forward to seeing a patch !

Alan.