From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 1 20: 1:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from iquest3.iquest.net (iquest3.iquest.net [209.43.20.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1AD0C14D04 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 1999 20:01:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from toor@y.dyson.net) Received: (qmail 11852 invoked from network); 2 Mar 1999 04:01:27 -0000 Received: from dyson.iquest.net (HELO y.dyson.net) (198.70.144.127) by iquest3.iquest.net with SMTP; 2 Mar 1999 04:01:27 -0000 Received: (from toor@localhost) by y.dyson.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id XAA62227; Mon, 1 Mar 1999 23:01:25 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199903020401.XAA62227@y.dyson.net> Subject: Re: lockf and kernel threads In-Reply-To: <199903020330.UAA22888@usr01.primenet.com> from Terry Lambert at "Mar 2, 99 03:30:39 am" To: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert) Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 23:01:25 -0500 (EST) Cc: dick@tar.com, jplevyak@inktomi.com, tlambert@primenet.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: "John S. Dyson" Reply-To: dyson@iquest.net X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Terry Lambert said: > > IMO, the Linux threading, in particular, and the POSIX aio and thread > interfaces, in general, represents a bunch of ill-thought-out hacks > on hacks by the respective Linux and POSIX responsible persons. The > Linux hacks were by people who didn't know better, and the POSIX > hacks were political by people who did know better, but didn't have > the courage of their convictions. It is time for some considered > design. > The AIO api has to be implemented for legitimacy, and likewise the threading. In fact, the AIO API is quite useful. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@iquest.net | it makes one look stupid jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message