Date: Mon, 18 Aug 1997 01:03:07 +0000 (GMT) From: Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@sunyit.edu> To: Charles Ebert <kd5ob@theshop.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The low priority items Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970818005946.9251A-100000@server.local.sunyit.edu> In-Reply-To: <33F78D7E.2610@theshop.net>
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I'm just about totalyly sure that freebsd supports two kinds of threads, native and "pthreads" (which i think are posix threads) i could be wrong. ._________________________________________ __ _ |Alfred Perlstein - Programming & SysAdmin for hire... |perlsta@sunyit.edu |http://www.cs.sunyit.edu/~perlsta : ---"Have you seen my FreeBSD tatoo?" ' ---"who was that masked admin?" On Sun, 17 Aug 1997, Charles Ebert wrote: > I'm a little slow. Did I read correctly that Threaded processes are > not supported? And the next line down from that mentioned something > of the same, however, can I assume it is to deal with multiprocessor > CPU boards as well? > > I can understand the rush to invent new drives and support three > channel scsi cards and all that. > > I was always told of UNIX's unique ability to run multiple processor > systems. I never imagined that this system would have a problem with > threading. I was hoping that the multiple processor issue would > have a higher priority than it does. > > I'm a commercial windows programmer. I also work on OS2. > Seems like this environment is similar to OS2 in the aspect that > OS2 for the most part relys on one processor. Yet OS2 has support > for threading 5,000 some odd tasks and do it with 255 seperate > sessions. > > >From what I've read this Free BSD seems to support multiple sessions. > Yet I also read something about DLL's being supported, but I guess > you can't thread anything. > > As the system piles up, wouldn't it be more and more difficult to > achieve these goals? I'm very tempted to help but the only working > PC I have right now is this toshiba portable. > > Perhaps I will get into this next year as I plan on building another > machine. You have caught my eye with all this. > > I just love messes. Love resolving them, working on them. > You can only play so many card games you know. > > -- > Charlie >
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