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Date:      Sat, 30 Jun 2001 11:33:18 +1000 (EST)
From:      Idea Receiver <receiver@blueskybbs.yi.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        "E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@noc.everquick.net>, Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: libc_r locking... why?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106301129090.8701-100000@RedDust.BlueSky.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <3B3C3346.E5496485@mindspring.com>

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On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Terry Lambert wrote:

> "E.B. Dreger" wrote:
> If you "need" kernel threads, look at the Linux kernel
> threads in the ports collection (it's a kernel module
> that builds and installs as a package).  You probably
> don't, since performance of kernel threads is really only
> about a 20% increment, if you implement them the SVR4 or
> Solaris (pre-2.7) or Linux way.  It's probably better to
> implement with FreeBSD threads as they currently exist,
> and get massive SMP scalability when KSE's are brought
> into the source tree.
> 

just a quick question...
I konw KSE will brought in after SMPng.
but it will be really helpful to konw when it will first appear
in the source tree?

or what other OS can help with SMP vs pthread problem?

thx.


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