From owner-freebsd-threads@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 22 21:00:02 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B080B16A4CE for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:00:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.ntplx.net (mail.ntplx.net [204.213.176.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0B3C43D1D for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:00:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from deischen@freebsd.org) Received: from sea.ntplx.net (sea.ntplx.net [204.213.176.11]) j0MKxwke018213; Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:59:58 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:59:58 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen X-X-Sender: eischen@sea.ntplx.net To: Petri Helenius In-Reply-To: <41F29E62.1000207@he.iki.fi> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS and Clam AntiVirus (mail.ntplx.net) cc: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new mutex and thread stuff X-BeenThere: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Eischen List-Id: Threading on FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:00:02 -0000 On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Petri Helenius wrote: > > Do I assume correctly that because the new thread stuff (including the > higher performance mutexes) will not be MFC'd to RELENG_5 because they > break the ABI? No, they can be MFC'd as long as we use different interfaces if the current mtx API has changed. -- DE