Does gRPC run on QNX?

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mjg...@gmail.com

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Jan 18, 2019, 12:40:19 AM1/18/19
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Is anyone out there running gRPC on QNX platforms? I can't find many people talking about it online and it's not listed as officially supported on gRPC's website, but I can't think of any particular reasons why it shouldn't be able to work. Just curious if anyone out there has successfully ran gRPC on QNX.

Kailash Sethuraman

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Jan 18, 2019, 12:47:53 PM1/18/19
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What language are you interested in?
I do not think anyone has tried it yet. So I am not sure if it will work. If you get a chance to try it, do let us know how that experience was.
That being said, a supported platform is one which we continuously validate against, and we have no plans for doing that with QNX at the moment.


On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 9:40 PM <mjg...@gmail.com> wrote:
Is anyone out there running gRPC on QNX platforms? I can't find many people talking about it online and it's not listed as officially supported on gRPC's website, but I can't think of any particular reasons why it shouldn't be able to work. Just curious if anyone out there has successfully ran gRPC on QNX.

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Matt Gigli

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Jan 18, 2019, 2:30:58 PM1/18/19
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I would be interested in supporting C++ and Python, in that order of importance. I saw some issues on GitHub of people dealing with compiler errors when using a qnx compiler so it seems like some people out there are doing it (or trying), but I don’t see very many people talking about it. I was hopinf to find someone who is giving it a try so I can hear from their experience. 

I’m doing a trade study for my company about more modern ways of messaging between micro services, and qnx is a requirement. I’m not sure if I’ll be given a chance to try it out as a “de risk” effort, but if I do then I will definitely report back. 
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Kailash Sethuraman

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Jan 18, 2019, 2:37:34 PM1/18/19
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Thanks Matt! That sounds promising. Keep us posted on how this goes. :) 

robert engels

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Jan 18, 2019, 3:04:35 PM1/18/19
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It would seem that gRPC (and similar rpc packages for that matter) would be at odds with QNX - being a RTOS. Even general TCP networking (retries, etc.) can be difficult.

Can you elaborate on your setup / use case ? Are these just low priority passive processes that run along side the realtime processes - and the OSX ensures the realtime get their due?

I’m not at all saying in any way it won’t work, wrong, etc. -  just very curious.

Matt Gigli

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Jan 18, 2019, 3:35:18 PM1/18/19
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The APIs would be for non critical configuration and “out of band” messaging. 
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