Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:27:52 -0800 (PST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: threading and performance Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911081026520.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9911081749470.1492-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > If FreeBSD doesn't have multi-threading, or not to the level many other > OSes have, how does it perform so well under loads and multitask so > smoothly? Our threads library is amazingly scalable, the only problem is that it will not distribute itself over multiple processors. starting/killing several thousand threads and context switching between them is blindingly fast. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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