Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 16:48:29 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: jb@cimlogic.com.au (John Birrell) Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, dufault@hda.com, gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel support for memory semaphores/locks... Message-ID: <199804082148.QAA08206@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199804082114.HAA24748@cimlogic.com.au> from John Birrell at "Apr 9, 98 07:14:58 am"
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> John S. Dyson wrote: > > > > > > Was this added for compatability with another system? > > > > > It was added to support some threads work. > > I think that yield() needs to be replaced by the sched_yield() that > Peter has coded. We are not currently building libc support for yield(). > > Any POSIX compatible threads work needs to use sched_yield(). yield() > polutes the user's name space, so it should be renamed before being > built into libc. > > I'd like to see any new syscalls named with leading underscores from > now on and a weak symbol for the name that the user is allowed to > re-define. > Well, I don't mind renaming it, but I need it. (Unless sched_yield does what I need.) John To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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