Subject: Re: libpthread
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: Lars Heidieker <lars@heidieker.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/22/2003 14:29:11
Probably it would be good idea to develop a 1:1 lib as well its much
simpler
and let the user choose which one to use
The SMP problems are int sa code so a 1:1 lib should do on SMP.
Its just an idea

Lars

Jason Thorpe wrote:

> On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 05:47  PM, Matthias Buelow wrote:
>
> > You're all talking about the library, and of course that's the
> > interface programs have to use to access the threading API (however
> > implemented.)  But are there solid plans underway to give NetBSD 1x1
> > and MxN kernel threading like which has appeared in FreeBSD 5.x?  Or
>
> The library we're talking about uses a thread management scheme known
> as Scheduler Activations, which provides an MxN model.
>
>          -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>

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