Subject: Re: pthreads in netbsd-v1.6
To: Soren Jacobsen <snj@pobox.com>
From: John Clark <j1clark@ucsd.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/11/2003 19:24:06
Am Donnerstag, 09.10.03, um 22:04 Uhr (US/Pacific) schrieb Soren 
Jacobsen:

> On 10/10 10:08, madhvesh wrote:
>> I am using pthreads in netBSDv1.6.
>> What kind of pthreads are supported?
>> Is it the GNU-pth threads package or
>> pthreads are implemented as 1:1?
>
> There is no native pthread support in NetBSD 1.6. Under 1.6, most 
> things
> installed from pkgsrc will use GNU pth, though there are other pthread
> implementations like MIT and unproven.
>
>

As I recall there was a branch of the kernel being worked on to
support native pthreads. Is that still active, or has it been put
in suspended animation.

Thanks