Re: CA online: A call to "assert (semTake ...

[Marty Kraimer <mrk@aps.anl.gov>]

Jeff Hill wrote:
> 
> Hi Coles,
> 
> The symptoms you describe occur when you try to run EPICS R3.13 with the
> SENS IP kernel which is option with vxWorks 5.3 and I suspect mandatory
> with vxWorks 5.4. You can avoid this problem by choosing to _not_ install
> SENs when you install vxWorks 5.3. The API used to query the broadcast
> addresses used for each network interface card changes when using the
> SENS IP kernel, and this causes original versions of CA to fail miserably.
> I have installed a workaround for this problem into 3.14 and could back
> patch 3.13 if there is a strong desire to use SENS with R3.13.
> 
> Jeff


I think it would be a good idea to support SENS on R3.13.

Marty Kraimer