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by 0x1
Mon May 23, 2016 6:56 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: Building GIMX on Mac
Replies: 23
Views: 33943

Re: Building GIMX on Mac

Matlo wrote:The interesting thing is the "How do I get put into the real time scheduling class?" part.
This can provide the gprio functionality.
And it utilizes multithreading also :)

If you want me to try anything using that template let me know.
by 0x1
Fri May 20, 2016 11:12 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: Building GIMX on Mac
Replies: 23
Views: 33943

Re: Building GIMX on Mac

I created a gist , from the OS X poll() man page (also: EVFILT_TIMER man page desc from kevent() ). There's also some good info regarding kernel event and timer waits; I'm thinking the way they do it might be the OS X equiv of gtimer()? : https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/...
by 0x1
Sat May 07, 2016 5:53 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: Building GIMX on Mac
Replies: 23
Views: 33943

Re: Building GIMX on Mac

The bluetooth feature only works on GNU/Linux, and the code is OS-specific (-lbluetooth). It's much easier to port the USB feature to Mac OS X. It requires a cheap DIY USB adapter. The adapter I currently have is the "BCM2045A"... I'm guessing that one might no longer be sufficient? I did...
by 0x1
Fri May 06, 2016 6:38 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: Building GIMX on Mac
Replies: 23
Views: 33943

Re: Building GIMX on Mac

awesome wrote:Hi what did you need to install in macports?
I used MacPorts to install libusb, and fox (which handles the gui in X11).

$ sudo port install libusb
$ sudo port install fox

MacPorts is not required, although for libs that are maybe only found on linux it makes things much easier.
by 0x1
Fri May 06, 2016 7:02 am
Forum: Development
Topic: Building GIMX on Mac
Replies: 23
Views: 33943

Re: Building GIMX on Mac

Hei, Nice to see this project is still going strong — congratz! I must admit It's been quite some time since I've used GIMX (last time was a very early version on Linux). I'm willing to help out on the OS X version as time permits; it might be a good idea to discuss a plan of attack. Porting Matlo's...