Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:10:55 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, past@netmode.ntua.gr, Ian Jenkinson <ian.jenkinson@blueyonder.co.uk>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Threads in Java on a variety of platforms Message-ID: <15179.21311.786071.302589@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <20010711015813.B58979@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <000201c1086c$433a29e0$0a64a8c0@buxtongw> <20010710004206.A80869@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <20010710143850.B12282@netmode.ece.ntua.gr> <15179.8807.678021.249446@nomad.yogotech.com> <20010711015813.B58979@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
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> > [ FreeBSD uses internal green-threads, while most other OS's use native > > threads ] > > > > > This is something that has been bugging me for a while: would it be > > > good to implement the native threads in FreeBSD under LinuxThreads or > > > NGPT? > > > > Except that these will never be used in the 'stock' FreeBSD kernel > > because of the GPL virus. Second, it's alot of work to rewrite the system > > for another threading model. The code (as written) is coded to run > > either with green threads, or with native (Posix) threads. > > Actually, in 1.3.1 the operating system specific part of native threads > is restricted to essentially two or three files, so its not too difficult > to introduce a new threading system. Wow, that's great. And, FWIW, JDK 1.4 has no green threads support at all, so we're going to have to use something else (which I believe you 1.3 port is doing), so things will change in the future. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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