From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Dec 3 6:45:38 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEABC15176 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 06:45:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) for chat@freebsd.org id 11ttxf-0000qZ-00; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 14:45:27 +0000 Received: from localhost (jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id OAA99568 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 1999 14:45:27 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 14:45:27 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick To: freebsd-chat Subject: kernel threads Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I don't want to start another war here, but i have a question. I have a _basic_ understanding of userland threads vs kernel threads, as well as semaphores, mutexes, and locking. I understand that there are a lot of issues to be settled if FreeBSD ever decides to implement kernel threads. What i haven't seen (or what i may have missed) is: when are they scheduled to be included in the system? Are they tentative for 4.0? Or sometime beyond? Do us regular users need to worry about massive instability problems with such a radically different approach to multi-tasking? I know FreeBSD is concerned with stability, and tests thoroughly, but obviously bugs will slip through, and this is a major change in architecture, if i understand correctly. -jm ------------------ Bayliss: "And that's another thing... you never say 'please' and 'thank you.'" Pendleton: "Please stop being an idiot. Thank you." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message