From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 12 21:16:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E751F37B479 for ; Sun, 12 Nov 2000 21:16:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eAD5GdE09631; Sun, 12 Nov 2000 21:16:39 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 21:16:39 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: john@goodleaf.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new thread library--how to use? Message-ID: <20001112211639.A11449@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20001113013246.CA9665B97@clyde.goodleaf.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <20001113013246.CA9665B97@clyde.goodleaf.net>; from john@goodleaf.net on Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 01:32:46AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * john@goodleaf.net [001112 16:32] wrote: > > I've seen a lot of info floating around on the fixing of the pthread code > for the upcoming 4.2. My questions is: how do I use it? If I want to use it > in buildworlds will that happen automatically, ie through the makefile, or > do I have to add a flag to make.conf? (Or the kernel configuration...) > > I have a SMP machine. Am I correct in assuming that the thread improvements > will enhance performance? > > Finally, how well tested is this? As I recall, it was MFC'd only a little > while ago... You just need to cvsup and make world. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message