Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 15:07:43 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: doc@datacruz.com (Craig Norborg) Cc: support@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lightweight processes? Message-ID: <199711242007.PAA02411@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <19971124170520.AAA2513@gravitar.datacruz.com> from Craig Norborg at "Nov 24, 97 12:04:40 pm"
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Craig Norborg said: > Haven't heard of this term before, but there is a piece of software > that is avoiding freebsd because they say it doesn't support them. > Thought you might want to know... > > > > >Our SGI port starts next week. BSDI may happen around Xmas time. FreeBSD > >is not an option at this point since its kernel has no lightweight process > >mechanism. > > The FreeBSD-current kernel most definitely has a lightweight process mechanism right now. It isn't supported in userland yet, but that is changing quickly. By the Xmas time, FreeBSD-current will have both AIO/LIO and lightweight processes. -- John dyson@freebsd.org jdyson@nc.com
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