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brenden lai

Hi all ,

I want to porting some function from linux which use a lot of local socket communication .But I did not see any local socket information on NDK spec (spru524h.pdf) . But I see there is a special domain AF_TASK on header file(socket.h) ! Is that for local socket communication ? Why there is no description on spec ? Compared with other way (ex:queue),use socket communication between tasks have any drawback?

ndk version : 2_21_01_38

Brenden

over 13 years ago

0 Steven Connell over 13 years ago

TI__Mastermind 45025 points

Hi Brenden,

AF_TASK is not supported in the NDK.

The only supported socket types are

AF_INET

AF_INET6

AF_RAWETH

Steve

0 brenden lai over 13 years ago in reply to Steven Connell

Intellectual 380 points

So , Will NDK support local socket in the future ?Do you recommend that I use loopback socket to pretend a local socket function ? How often TI release NDK version ?

0 Steven Connell over 13 years ago in reply to brenden lai

TI__Mastermind 45025 points

Brenden,

There are no plans for supporting local sockets in the future. The local host is supported in the NDK and you can use that for loopback tests/communications.

Other than that, I would recommend experimenting with some of the other Task to Task communication options that SYS/BIOS has available.

Steve

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