[netperf-talk] Solaris 9 compile issue

[Boeckman, Matthew]

This patch did it! I am not too worried about sendfile support, just
needed it to compile for some light testing/burning we're doing here. So
thank you!

<aside> any feedback on why my message bounced in your filter? 

-Matthew 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Gallatin [mailto:gallatin at cs.duke.edu] 
> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 9:58 AM
> To: Boeckman, Matthew
> Cc: Rick Jones; netperf-talk at netperf.org
> Subject: RE: [netperf-talk] Solaris 9 compile issue
> 
> 
> Boeckman, Matthew writes:
>  > Hey guys - thanks for the patch - I'm still getting the 
> SFV_NOWAIT is  > undefined error on gcc:
> 
> I have a pretty aggressive spam filter on this account, and 
> missed your first message.  Was your goal to use sendfile on 
> Solaris 9, or did you just want things to compile?
> 
> The patch I sent to Rick was to build Solaris 10 (and higher) 
> with Sun cc.  I wasn't even aware that Solaris 9 *had* 
> sendfile support.  I haven't used a Solaris 9 machine in 
> years, and I don't have access to one.  Try the attached 
> patch.  I have no idea how well sendfile will work (or if it 
> will work at all).
> 
> If the patch doesn't work and you just want it to compile, 
> edit the generated config.h file and comment out the line which says:
> 
> #define HAVE_SENDFILE 1
> 
> 
> Drew
>