From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Mar 27 08:59:10 2003
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 646AA37B401
	for <arch@freebsd.org>; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 08:59:10 -0800 (PST)
Received: from boromir.vpop.net (dns1.vpop.net [207.178.248.2])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E057843F93
	for <arch@freebsd.org>; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 08:59:09 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from mreimer@vpop.net)
Received: from vpop.net (bilbo.vpop.net [65.103.33.41])
	by boromir.vpop.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 164083A6394
	for <arch@freebsd.org>; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 08:59:08 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <3E832E39.7040306@vpop.net>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 11:00:41 -0600
From: Matthew Reimer <mreimer@vpop.net>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.3b) Gecko/20030220
X-Accept-Language: en-us, en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: arch@freebsd.org
References: <lists.freebsd.arch.3E82F7EE.6080802@tcoip.com.br>
	<lists.freebsd.arch.Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030327100013.37107G-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <lists.freebsd.arch.Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030327100013.37107G-100000@fledge.watson.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-31.9 required=5.0
	tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,
	      REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_UA
	autolearn=ham	version=2.50
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp)
Subject: Re: Threading code review please.
X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture
	<freebsd-arch.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch>,
	<mailto:freebsd-arch-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-arch-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch>,
	<mailto:freebsd-arch-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:59:15 -0000

Robert Watson wrote:
> 
> Both 1:1 and M:N threading will improve performance of interactive
> applications if they spend any moderate amount of time I/O bound.  I've
> noticed substantial performance differences between instances of
> openoffice linked for libc_r and openoffice linked for linuxthreads --
> serializing I/O operations substantially impacts throughput and
> interactivty due to latency.  Try running the Linux-linked mozilla, the
> FreeBSD libc_r mozilla, and the FreeBSD linuxthreads mozilla and see how
> they compare. 

Where can one find a FreeBSD linuxthreads mozilla?

Matt