Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 11:13:46 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com> Cc: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>, java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: java status and Message-ID: <15226.44490.773630.886484@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <20010816010848.A1124@elephant.netrinsics.com> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9EB2@l04.research.kpn.com> <20010816012839.A95425@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <20010816010848.A1124@elephant.netrinsics.com>
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> > > The FreeBSD 4.x kernel has no kernel threads. The JDKs rely on kernel > > > threads > > > > Nope. The only thing kernel threads provide is the ability to utilise > > multiple CPUs. The JDK will work quite well with FreeBSD's userland > > pthreads (we just have to finish this part of the porting). > > Don't forget Hotspot. That requires (according to Nate) the ability to > have multiple system calls pending. According to Sun, who told Nate. However, they've since backed off on that, but not completely. > P.S. There's irony for you: develop on desktop FreeBSD, but deploy servers > on Linux. No worse than developing on FreeBSD and deploying on Windows/Solaris. :) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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