Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 07:14:58 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: toor@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Cc: dufault@hda.com, gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel support for memory semaphores/locks... Message-ID: <199804082114.HAA24748@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199804081828.NAA07514@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at "Apr 8, 98 01:28:11 pm"
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John S. Dyson wrote: > > > > Was this added for compatability with another system? > > > It was added to support some threads work. I think that yield() needs to be replaced by the sched_yield() that Peter has coded. We are not currently building libc support for yield(). Any POSIX compatible threads work needs to use sched_yield(). yield() polutes the user's name space, so it should be renamed before being built into libc. I'd like to see any new syscalls named with leading underscores from now on and a weak symbol for the name that the user is allowed to re-define. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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