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Date:      Fri, 19 Jul 2002 13:07:08 -0500
From:      vcardon <vcardon@siue.edu>
To:        Jo?o Esteves <jesteves@criticalsoftware.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: pthreads implementation is FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20020719180708.GA24632@spastic.siue.edu>
In-Reply-To: <000801c22f4a$9f201340$2d03a8c0@CRITICAL.PT>
References:  <000801c22f4a$9f201340$2d03a8c0@CRITICAL.PT>

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On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 06:35:05PM +0100, Jo?o Esteves wrote:
> My first question is; does FreeBSD implements a thread as a process(like Linux and other ystems) or it supports threads in a native way?

Actually Linux uses kernel threads that mimic processes. Linux uses the
same mechanism to create processes and threads, but threads are not
really processes in the strictest sense.

> My second question is; all the BSD family uses the same approach to the thread implementation?

I only know about FreeBSD. It uses userland threads. Userland threads
are faster to create, because you never cross into kernel space, but
they do add some complications.

Victor

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