Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 14:15:13 PDT From: "Marty Leisner" <leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: cimaxp1!jb@werple.net.au, hackers@freebsd.org, jb@cimlogic.com.au Subject: Re: NetBSD/FreeBSD (pthreads) Message-ID: <9510202115.AA19961@gnu.mc.xerox.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Oct 1995 13:28:10 PDT." <199510202028.NAA05261@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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> > Why would I want kernel level threads? > Yeah. On an 8 processor box, a kernel-threaded app is 8 times as > concurrent as a user threaded app (which by definition can only > utilize one processor at a time). > > Threads on multiprocessor boxes can take advantage of concurrency... I missed that... I personally would prefer good ways of solving problems without threads...to throw threads at problems make debugging and understanding much, much harder... Many look at threads as a "kitchen sink coding approach" -- lets use everything we got... Threads are natural for stuff like nfsd where several daemons are forked off... -- marty leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com Member of the League for Programming Freedom
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