Subject: Re: Porting NetBSD to a different ARM platform
To: Chris Gilbert <chris@paradox.demon.co.uk>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 04/30/2001 16:05:49
Chris Gilbert <chris@paradox.demon.co.uk> writes:
> On Monday 30 April 2001  7:14 pm, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> > Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org> writes:
> > > In that case, you should be aware that NetBSD's support for
> > > multi-threaded user applications is a little rudimentary -- the kernel
> > > doesn't export a thread interface, so all the implementations have to
> > > fake it all in libraries.
> >
> > Well, not quite -- Nathan's scheduler activations work is now on a
> > branch and I'm expecting it to get integrated.
> 
> Has it been tried on with an arm yet?  Or is that something someone should 
> look at?

Work is needed on each port to make the stuff work. If you look at the
branch there are instructions.

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