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Date:      Mon, 23 Oct 2000 18:03:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Yifeng Xu <websoft@yahoo.com>
To:        smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SMP project status
Message-ID:  <20001024010318.12831.qmail@web1704.mail.yahoo.com>

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what's status of kernel based pthread implemention?
will it still be user level pthread library and can
not
be smp scaled?

Regards,
XuYifeng

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com>
To: <smp@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 2:22 AM
Subject: SMP project status


> Here's a reminder that the SMP project is being
tracked at:
> 
> http://people.freebsd.org/~jasone/smp/
> 
> Significant progress continues to be made.  Many of
the tasks that are
> listed as "in progress" are essentially complete,
pending testing and
> review.  In general, the SMP project has been going
very smoothly, and
> -current has been usable a larger percentage of the
time than I had hoped
> for.
> 
> Note that there are a number of unassigned tasks
right now.  Some of the
> tasks are pretty straightforward, so if you're
looking for an opportunity
> to help, please take a look at the list.
> 
> A couple of weeks ago, John Baldwin and Chuck
Paterson created a list of
> rules for kernel synchronization.  If you haven't
looked at the rules yet,
> take a look at:
> 
>
http://people.freebsd.org/~jasone/smp/smp_synch_rules.html
> 
> Many of the developers currently involved in the SMP
project were at BSDcon
> last week.  We discussed a lot of technical issues
surrounding the tasks
> that are currently in progress.  We also discussed
modes of communication.
> Much of the SMP-related communication has taken
place via IRC, phone, or in
> person meetings.  In my opinion, IRC and voice are
much more efficient than
> email for many things, but I am increasingly
concerned about the lack of a
> permanent record for many of the conversations we've
had up to now.  In
> some cases, I've tried to go back and figure out why
we made a certain
> decision, only to realize that there is no record of
how the decision was
> reached.  Therefore, I ask that everyone make a
concerted effort to
> document issues and reasoning for decisions on the
-smp mailing list.  This
> also means holding technical discussions on the
mailing list whenever
> practical, and when not practical, summarizing on
the mailing list.
> SMP-related work is going to continue for several
years in one form or
> another, and there are probably people who are not
even involved with
> FreeBSD yet that will be doing some of the work, so
we need to leave a
> development documentation trail for those people, as
well as for ourselves.
> 
> To those of you currently involved in the SMP
project, thanks, and keep up
> the good work!  To those of you not currently
involved, maybe it's time to
> jump in. =)
> 
> Jason
> SMP project manager
> 
> 
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