Subject: Re: pthreads in netbsd-v1.6
To: Soren Jacobsen <snj@pobox.com>
From: John Clark <j1clark@ucsd.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/13/2003 17:17:14
Am Samstag, 11.10.03, um 19:26 Uhr (US/Pacific) schrieb Soren Jacobsen:

> On 10/11 19:24, John Clark wrote:
>>
>> Am Donnerstag, 09.10.03, um 22:04 Uhr (US/Pacific) schrieb Soren
>> Jacobsen:
>>> 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.
>
> Yes, there was the nathanw_sa branch, but it was merged into HEAD in
> January.


So, that brings up the question about libc, and using pthreads. Have
the reentrant forms been written, or does it require a libc_r style 
library
reference.