Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 00:26:06 -0800 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Noor Dawod" <noor@comrax.com> Cc: <stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: MySQLd not using both CPUs Message-ID: <NCBBLIEPOCNJOAEKBEAKKEACMGAA.davids@webmaster.com> In-Reply-To: <PHEBIOJOBJJLIIJCOINKKEDFCPAA.noor@comrax.com>
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> Why should I use LinuxThreads to make use of more than one CPU? I mean, > how come that FreeBSD's threads library doesn't support this, and will > it ever? (maybe it's in development even now...) > > Noor The FreeBSD port of LinuxThreads _is_ a FreeBSD thread library. It's not emulation or anything, it's a threads library for FreeBSD native code. The pthreads implementation included with FreeBSD (libc_r) is really just not useful for high-performance or high-reliability applications. In my experience, it works very well for bad code and very badly for good code. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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