Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 15:23:43 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Richard Seaman, Jr." <dick@tar.com> Cc: "Daniel M. Eischen" <eischen@vigrid.com>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Threads stuff Message-ID: <38459FEF.B04F4617@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911282113490.544-100000@current1.whistle.com> <384270AE.D0250340@vigrid.com> <38440BAB.E547CA61@vigrid.com> <19991130122423.N29767@tar.com>
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"Richard Seaman, Jr." wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 12:38:51PM -0500, Daniel M. Eischen wrote:
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> > I think we can perform thread switches totally in
> > userland without any assistance from the kernel.
>
> This would be a big performance plus.
Not if you want those threads to run on multiple processors in an SMP box.
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