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To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@monkeys.com>
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Subject: Re: What release do I need to get rfork_thread()
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Ronald F. Guilmette writes:
> I was just reading about the new library function, rfork_thread().
> 
> The man page I was looking at said "HISTORY... first appeared in
> FreeBSD 5.0".
> 
> Humm... I'm still running 3.3 here.
> 
> Is the rfork_thread() library function available in FreeBSD 4.1?
> If so, I'll upgrade ASAP.  If not, then I don't know if I'm brave
> enough to be a beta tester for 5.0.

Well, anyone can download 3.5 and run it. Check the handbook on
"staying current with FreeBSD". I'd recommend using the PRE_SMPNG tag
the first time around.

On the other hand, you're probably a lot better off asking the author
to MFC the function, then updating to 4.1-STABLE (see "staying stable
with FreeBSD" in the handbook). If he MFC's it, you'll get it
gratis. If he doesn't, you'll be in a lot better position to try
making it work yourself - assuming he hasn't explained why it won't
work.

If you have to stay with 3.x, repeat the above with 3.5-STABLE instead
of 4.1.

Oh yeah - the source is in the CVS repository; it's in
lib/libc/i386/gen.

	<mike
	


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