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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:
> 
> > 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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            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/




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