From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 17 14:04:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA24562 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 14:04:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lor.watermarkgroup.com (lor.watermarkgroup.com [207.202.73.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA24556 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 14:04:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luoqi@watermarkgroup.com) Received: (from luoqi@localhost) by lor.watermarkgroup.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA17287; Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:03:59 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from luoqi) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:03:59 -0500 (EST) From: Luoqi Chen Message-Id: <199812172203.RAA17287@lor.watermarkgroup.com> To: lists@tar.com, mike@smith.net.au Subject: Re: Linux Threads patches available Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, nate@mt.sri.com Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message