Subject: Re: LWP ad kernel threads
To: Kamal Prasad <kamalpr@yahoo.com>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillham@vaultron.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/02/2002 11:15:59
On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 10:58:20AM -0700, Kamal Prasad wrote:
> --- Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org> wrote:
> > Kernel threads are available and used. User level
> > threads have no kernel
> > support; you have to use userland threading
> > libraries.
> > 
> is there an architevctural reason why we cannot attach
> userlevel threads to a kernel level thread (the way
> its done in Solaris)?
> thanks
> -kamal

Here is a link to Nathan's paper:
http://web.mit.edu/nathanw/www/usenix/

-Andrew