Re: [boost] Solaris versions of sp_counted_base and atomic_count by Michael van der Westhuizen

From: Michael van der Westhuizen (r1mikey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-04 10:04:15

Hello All,

On 7/3/06, Peter Dimov <pdimov_at_[hidden]> wrote:
[snip]
> If you have any suggestions or comments, please let me know; in particular,
> if you have a better idea how to detect SunOS 5.10 or later, or if you know
> what memory synchronization guarantees the Solaris atomics are supposed to
> provide. :-)

A note on what's needed to actually use sp_counted_base_solaris (or
compile it...).

This code is valid for Solaris 10 update 1 (1/06 release) and later,
including OpenSolaris.

The code is valid for the original Solaris 10 GA (3/05) if the
following patches are applied:
(on x86/amd64)
118885-01 (or greater) atomic.h patch
118844-12 (or greater) kernel patch
118891-01 (or greater) llib-lc patch
118345-04 (or greater) libc.so.1 patch

(on SPARC)
118884-01 (or greater) atomic.h patch
118822-12 (or greater) kernel patch
118890-01 (or greater) llib-lc patch
119689-03 (or greater) libc.so.1 patch

The above patches were released in September 2005.

The code is not valid for Solaris 9 or older unless Sun decides to
release patches for the older operating systems.

Michael