Re: SMP rocks...

[Michael Lorenz <macallan%netbsd.org@localhost>]

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Hello,

On Apr 4, 2008, at 03:55, Michael-John Turner wrote:

> On a related issue, for those in the know - is it possible to use a
> -current SMP kernel with a 4.x userland?

Mostly yes.

> I have an SMP system that I don't want to upgrade, but don't have a  
> problem switching kernels on the system. I have a feeling that the  
> threading changes in -current will break any 4.x-compiled threaded  
> packages though, hence my question.


Non-threaded apps should Just Work(tm), for threads you'll need to  
replace libpthread, probably librt and libc as well.

have fun
Michael
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