From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 13 12:23:49 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 042CC106566C for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:23:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4DFF8FC16 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:23:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [65.122.17.41]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7D2E646B65 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:23:48 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:23:48 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: stable@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Subject: [libdispatch-dev] FreeBSD 8-STABLE now supports GCD, libdispatch port updated (fwd) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:23:49 -0000 FYI to FreeBSD 8-STABLE followers who may be interested in using Apple's GCD technology on FreeBSD. GCD, for those who may have missed it, is a concurrent programming framework introdued in Mac OS X Snow Leopard, now also supported on FreeBSD. There are a number of useful links on the wiki page, but this provides the best high-level introduction: http://images.apple.com/macosx/technology/docs/GrandCentral_TB_brief_20090903.pdf My announcement text (and wiki link) below. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:21:40 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson To: libdispatch-dev@lists.macosforge.org Subject: [libdispatch-dev] FreeBSD 8-STABLE now supports GCD, libdispatch port updated Dear all: Just an FYI that all the parts are now in place to use GCD (libdispatch) on FreeBSD 8-STABLE. You will need the following: - FreeBSD 8-STABLE snapshot from at least 2009-11-01 (r198732) - FreeBSD libdispatch port from at least 2009-11-11 Do the upgrade to the 8-STABLE snapshot first so that the port can find the required kernel features. As a reminder, you can find FreeBSD/GCD port status, quick start guide, and general information here: http://wiki.freebsd.org/GCD I have updated it to reflect 8.x support. Thanks are due to Stacey Son and Stanislav Sedov for their work to make this happen! Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge _______________________________________________ libdispatch-dev mailing list libdispatch-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/libdispatch-dev