From owner-freebsd-java Wed Aug 15 7:20:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83EDE37B40C for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 07:20:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from K.J.Koster@kpn.com) Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Wed, 15 Aug 2001 16:20:49 +0100 Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9EC5@l04.research.kpn.com> From: "Koster, K.J." To: 'Jev' Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: RE: java status and Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 16:20:47 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear Jev, > > > > `-> I heard there were certain requirements that an OS has to > > > meet before being supported, what are these requirements? > > I don't know where you heard this. Any solid references? > > I thought I read that in this lists archives, I must have > been mistaken. > Let's not put Sun in a worse light than they cast themselves. :-) > > > The FreeBSD 4.x kernel has no kernel threads. The JDKs rely > > on kernel threads > > Does -CURRENT have threads? > Ah, yes. I intended to mention this, but I forgot. Sorry. FreeBSD 5.0 will have kernel threads. Needless to say that the usual disclaimers apply about newfangled stuff. I think the Java port will be a good test case for FreeBSD kernel threading implementation. :-) Kees Jan ===================================================== You can't have everything. Where would you put it? [Steven Wright] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message