From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Oct 31 19:18:28 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 A1B3114E8B for ; Sun, 31 Oct 1999 19:18:26 -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 EAA01887 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 04:18:25 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id EAA69877 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 04:18:25 +0100 (MET) Received: from pcnet1.pcnet.com (pcnet1.pcnet.com [204.213.232.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 482E014E8B for ; Sun, 31 Oct 1999 19:18:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eischen@vigrid.com) Received: (from eischen@localhost) by pcnet1.pcnet.com (8.8.7/PCNet) id WAA17127; Sun, 31 Oct 1999 22:17:05 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 22:17:05 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen Message-Id: <199911010317.WAA17127@pcnet1.pcnet.com> To: julian@whistle.com, nate@mt.sri.com Subject: Re: Threads models and FreeBSD. Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Another thing I'd like to add to the requirements list is that the > threads use 'standard' threading mechanisms for safety, such as > mutex/semaphore, etc.., which should exist in the kernel as well. > > This is inline with the Posix stuff, and rather than invent our 'own' > new kind of data structure, I'd like to stick with known solutions that > work and everyone for the most part understands. I agree 100% with this. Dan Eischen eischen@vigrid.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message