Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 16:12:37 +1100 (EST) From: John Birrell <cimaxp1!jb@werple.net.au> To: lambert.org!terry@werple.net.au (Terry Lambert) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, jb@cimlogic.com.au Subject: Re: ideas from netbsd Message-ID: <199511080508.QAA16177@werple.net.au> In-Reply-To: <199511080404.VAA19043@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Nov 7, 95 09:04:38 pm
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> >>> The NetBSD "thread environment" consists of both CAP's pthreads code >>> AND a thread safe libc, etc.. >> >> My understanding of the way things are: >> >> NetBSD "thread environment" = CAP's pthreads code including CAP's thread safe >> libc. >> >> FreeBSD "thread environment" = CAP's pthreads code including CAP's thread safe >> libc. > > Your understanding is incorrect according to Julian's post under this > same subject. Not it's not! What Julian mentioned is what _we_ are currently doing. As far as 2.0 and 2.1 are concerned, pthreads is a port. For 2.2 I'm building a threaded libc here and feeding diffs to Julian for inclusion in the main tree when appropriate. I'm still talking with CAP about the integration of thread support in libc. This discussion includes Julian. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > -- John Birrell CIMlogic Pty Ltd jb@cimlogic.com.au 119 Cecil Street Ph +61 3 9690 9600 South Melbourne Vic 3205 Fax +61 3 9690 6650 Australia Mob +61 18 353 137
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