From owner-freebsd-current Wed Apr 15 22:51:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA15246 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 22:51:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from parkplace.cet.co.jp (parkplace.cet.co.jp [202.32.64.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA15223 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 22:51:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from michaelh@cet.co.jp) Received: from localhost (michaelh@localhost) by parkplace.cet.co.jp (8.8.8/CET-v2.2) with SMTP id FAA09059; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 05:50:45 GMT Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 14:50:44 +0900 (JST) From: Michael Hancock To: Atipa cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Status of native threads on CURRENT / Support for mySQL In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If you're looking for stability in a production environment stay away from current for a little while as there is a lot of new activity including vm/vfs/cam/softupdates/elf/posix/microtime/alpha/sparc that's going to take a little while to settle even with careful planning and testing. I think thread work is suspended until some dependent underlying vm projects are completed. Regards, Mike On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Atipa wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Can anyone help me out on the status of threads in -CURRENT? I am a bit > confused as to when to use the following: > > 1) pthreads > 2) libc_r (reentrant-safe/thread-safe libc?) > 3) MIT threads and other 3rd part threads > > I need to make a fast, reliable database server (mySQL). I am currently > using 2.2.6-STABLE w/ MIT threads, but MIT threads do not support unix > sockets and are not native to the OS. But then again, I am a bit worried > about the current stability of threading on -CURRENT. I have seen several > complaints about missing functionality and possible bugs. > > Is there a noticable performance difference between mySQL on 2.2.6 and on > -CURRENT? If so,... > > Does anyone have any experience / recommnedations for mySQL on -CURRENT? > Would these recommendations be altered by using an SMP kernel? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message