Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 02:31:52 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Cc: roger@cs.strath.ac.uk (Roger Hardiman), dick@tar.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cc -pthread and -kthread switches Message-ID: <199904090931.CAA77141@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Apr 1999 19:19:30 %2B1000." <199904090919.TAA29901@cimlogic.com.au>
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Hi John, I think the idea here is to motivate "someone" to write a kernel threads package and I am not even suggesting that you should because I know that you have contributed much in in this area. Best Regards, Amancio > Roger Hardiman wrote: > > I compile pthreaded code on several machines, some uni-processor, > > some SMP using kthreads and Luoqi's SMP thread patches. > > It means I could have one makefile, with just the -pthread option, and > > compile my > > code on all my machines with the same makefile. > > > > Is this even possible? > > > > (there is the problem of issuing the -DLINUXTHREAD option alongside > > -kthread, but > > perhaps this is already done) > > > > Comment please? > > Yuk. Please don't corrupt FreeBSD with Linux. By all means help to make > FreeBSD provide a compatibility mode to run Linux executables, but leave > FreeBSD as FreeBSD. If people want to _develop_ Linux applications, let > the run _Linux_. And for those of us who choose to use _FreeBSD_, > allow us to live in a Linux and Microsoft free zone. > > -- > John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ > CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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