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Cc: arch@freebsd.org, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
Subject: Re: Linux compatible setaffinity.
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Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> writes:
> I favor the Solaris API which allows you to specify either a process
> or a thread (LWP) and a processor set.

Cf Kip.  Regardless of which API we choose for FreeBSD applications, we
should also implement the Linux API to simplify the porting of Linux
applications.

DES
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