Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 10:14:51 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Herve Quiroz <hquiroz@esil.univ-mrs.fr> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 Developer Preview #1 Now Available Message-ID: <15539.4987.918286.268041@caddis.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <20020409181401.G57754-100000@puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr> References: <20020408220512.GG19174@freebsdmall.com> <20020409181401.G57754-100000@puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr>
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> > A Developer Preview release of FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT is now available > > for widespread testing. This preview is a significant milestone > > towards the eventual release of FreeBSD 5.0 in late 2002. Some of the > > many new features that are available in this snapshot are listed > > below: > > > > * SMP support has been largely reworked, incorporating code from > > BSD/OS 5.0 (in progress). > > [...] > > > * An implementation of scheduler activations has been added to > > the kernel to more efficiently handle multi-threaded > > programs. (in progress). > > > Has anyone tried the native jdk 1.3 under this 5.0-current and noticed > significant improvements ? I would be suprised it it worked at all, given all the kernel changes in 5.0. > Note: I am single-CPUed anyway but maybe the new scheduler makes wonders > (hope)... Nope, because the scheduler activations aren't (yet) made available to userland processes like the JDK. When that happens (it'll be a while), then the JDK will have to be re-tooled to take advantage of the new threading model. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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