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Date:      Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:03:59 -0500 (EST)
From:      Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com>
To:        lists@tar.com, mike@smith.net.au
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG, nate@mt.sri.com
Subject:   Re: Linux Threads patches available
Message-ID:  <199812172203.RAA17287@lor.watermarkgroup.com>

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> For the sake of reestablishing our compatibility with Linux, I think 
> that your current code should be strongly considered.  As for the 
> eventual fate of threading in the FreeBSD kernel, we're still really 
> dependant on the availibility of development resources here, either in 
> the form of willing and able volunteers or funding which would allow us 
> to secure the individuals able to do the work.
> 
Just an FYI for those interested, I have been working on address space
sharing on SMP with certain success. This would allow multiple threads
of the same process running on different cpus simultaneously. It's a
prerequisite for threading to be useful on a multiprocessor machine.
A set of patch is available at http://www.freebsd.org/~luoqi/pmap.diff .

-lq

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