From owner-freebsd-arch Wed Dec 8 16:35: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26DDE1520D for ; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 16:35:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA19136 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 01:34:57 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id BAA25019 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 01:34:56 +0100 (MET) Received: from pcnet1.pcnet.com (pcnet1.pcnet.com [204.213.232.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D645115219 for ; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 16:34:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eischen@vigrid.com) Received: from vigrid.com (pm3-pt94.pcnet.net [206.105.29.168]) by pcnet1.pcnet.com (8.8.7/PCNet) with ESMTP id TAA02146; Wed, 8 Dec 1999 19:34:30 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <384EF8CB.D83F47EB@vigrid.com> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 19:33:15 -0500 From: "Daniel M. Eischen" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julian Elischer Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Threads discussion References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Julian Elischer wrote: > > is not dead.. we're all catching our breath! > > Tomorrow at the Bay Area Freebsd Users Group (BAFUG) > there will be a food fight over threads kernel support. > Anyone within driving range is urged to attend. Hey, this isn't fair! > I'll be there, as will Matt, Terry, and Jason. If I wasn't 2700 miles away, I'd be there too. Please let us know what was discussed. BTW, I don't think the kernel can always know if a subprocess is in a notification upcall by looking at the user stack pointer. The upcall notification may be temporarily switched to resume a preempted thread holding a critical resource. Dan Eischen eischen@vigrid.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message