From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 29 05:49:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA01511 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 05:49:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.tar.com (ns.tar.com [204.95.187.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA01506 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 05:49:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dick@ns.tar.com) Received: (from dick@localhost) by ns.tar.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id HAA79783; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 07:49:10 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dick) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 07:49:10 -0600 From: "Richard Seaman, Jr." To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: Kelly Yancey , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (where are linux threads?) Re: pthreads question/problem... Message-ID: <19981229074910.D9054@tar.com> References: <5058.914913846@zippy.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: ; from Alfred Perlstein on Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 03:16:34AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 03:16:34AM -0500, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > I may be mistaken, but you're both misunderstanding me. from reading > recent posts on -current i could have sworn i saw that _NATIVE_ > "linuxthreads" were now available to freebsd. > > I think you need to compile a kernel and world with: > CFLAGS+= COMPAT_LINUX_THREADS > > to achive this, the only thing that seems to be missing is a FreeBSD > userland interface to it. > > Is there any chance that this will become standard in FreeBSD? (the thread > died off without mentioning if it will become default) what about > userland interface? I'm not quite clear about what you mean by "userland interface". There is a very rough copy of a "port" of linux threads at http://lt.tar.com . I hope to clean it up shortly, and if nothing else, submit is as a FreeBSD port. You can call the pthread_* functions in FreeBSD from userland and get 1-1 kernel threads. -- Richard Seamman, Jr. email: dick@tar.com 5182 N. Maple Lane phone: 414-367-5450 Chenequa WI 53058 fax: 414-367-5852 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message