Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 15:34:06 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@hotjobs.com> To: "Richard Seaman, Jr." <dick@tar.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using LinuxThreads Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901221525220.55154-100000@bright.fx.genx.net> In-Reply-To: <19990122135521.J92540@tar.com>
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On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Richard Seaman, Jr. wrote: > > *confused look* > > > > somehow even though i've been trying to follow this thread i got lost. > > > > questions: > > 1) are 'linuxthreads' enabled by defualt now? > > The terminology is a little confusing. There's "linuxthreads" for those > running linux apps in FreeBSD using the linux emulation modules. Then, > there's a port of linuxthreads to FreeBSD which runs natively, ie. no > linux emulation, and gives 1-1 kernel threading to apps that link to > it. > > Both require some options to be turned on for kernel/world builds that > are not on by default. (see http://lt.tar.com) Julian Elischer has > agreed to commit the patches to remove the options and make the code > change permanent, when I send him the patches. I'll send him the patches > as soon as I can test them after a "make world", which I'll do as soon > as the libcrypt build problems are fixed. awesome, btw, it seems that make world is also broken on libkvm. > > 3) when it's decided can someone explain how to use this stuff nativly? > > See http://lt.tar.com . I also have some patches for squid, glib and I'm > working on gimp to compile using the FreeBSD port of linuxthreads. Others > have had success in varying degress with NSPR (mozilla), ACE and others. will do. > > -- > Richard Seamman, Jr. email: dick@tar.com > 5182 N. Maple Lane phone: 414-367-5450 > Chenequa WI 53058 fax: 414-367-5852 > Alfred Perlstein - Programmer, HotJobs Inc. - www.hotjobs.com -- There are operating systems, and then there's FreeBSD. -- http://www.freebsd.org/ 4.0-current To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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