Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:42:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpthread Makefile src/lib/libpthread/test sigsuspend_d.c src/lib/libpthread/thread thr_cancel.c thr_kern.c thr_nanosleep.c thr_private.h thr_sig.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0307181641560.14696-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <005f01c34d7b$b45bff30$0701a8c0@tiger>
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On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, David Xu wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Daniel Eischen" <eischen@vigrid.com> > To: "Scott Long" <scottl@FreeBSD.org> > Cc: "David Xu" <davidxu@FreeBSD.org>; <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>; <cvs-src@FreeBSD.org>; <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org> > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 5:10 AM > Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpthread Makefile src/lib/libpthread/test sigsuspend_d.c src/lib/libpthread/thread thr_cancel.c thr_concurrency.c thr_create.c thr_find_thread.c thr_init.c thr_kern.c thr_nanosleep.c thr_private.h thr_sig.c thr_sigmask.c ... > > > > On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Scott Long wrote: > > > > > David and all, > > > > > > Thanks for all of the good work here! > > > > > > There has been a grwoing question of which threading package will be > > > made 'default' for 5.x. The main requirement is that the default > > > threading package be supported on all Tier-1 platforms. Right now, > > > only libc_r meets that requirement. Here's a quick table from > > > memory, please correct me if I'm wrong: > > > > > > i386 alpha sparc64 ia64 > > > c_r X X X X > > > kse X X > > > thr X X X > > > > > > Don't forget that amd64 is up-and-coming also. > > > > I have most of the amd64 userland bits. The syscalls > > *context() don't seem to work correctly yet (testing > > done on sledge). I can commit them so that they are > > there for others to play with. > > > > Can you just commit it ? this let any parties interested > in KSE can work on it. I guess we also need the kernel parts.. > > > As Marcel can probably confirm, it is not that difficult > > for someone with <arch> knowledge to write the necessary > > libkse bits -- probably no more than a weekend. Marcel's > > ia64 bits are a good path to follow. > > > > I'd like to see the emphasis put more on the <arch>s; if > > they are going to be Tier-1, provide the necessary libkse > > bits :-) > > > > -- > > Dan Eischen >
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