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Date:      Sat, 19 Jul 2003 06:26:57 +0800
From:      "David Xu" <davidxu@freebsd.org>
To:        <deischen@freebsd.org>, "Scott Long" <scottl@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpthread Makefile src/lib/libpthread/test sigsuspend_d.c src/lib/libpthread/thread thr_cancel.c thr_concurrency.c thr_create.c thr_find_thread.c thr_init.c thr_kern.c thr_nanosleep.c thr_private.h thr_sig.c
Message-ID:  <005f01c34d7b$b45bff30$0701a8c0@tiger>
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----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Daniel Eischen" <eischen@vigrid.com>
To: "Scott Long" <scottl@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: "David Xu" <davidxu@FreeBSD.org>; <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>; =
<cvs-src@FreeBSD.org>; <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 5:10 AM
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpthread Makefile =
src/lib/libpthread/test sigsuspend_d.c src/lib/libpthread/thread =
thr_cancel.c thr_concurrency.c thr_create.c thr_find_thread.c thr_init.c =
thr_kern.c thr_nanosleep.c thr_private.h thr_sig.c thr_sigmask.c ...


> On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Scott Long wrote:
>=20
> > David and all,
> >=20
> > Thanks for all of the good work here!
> >=20
> > There has been a grwoing question of which threading package will be
> > made 'default' for 5.x.  The main requirement is that the default
> > threading package be supported on all Tier-1 platforms.  Right now,
> > only libc_r meets that requirement.  Here's a quick table from
> > memory, please correct me if I'm wrong:
> >=20
> >          i386  alpha  sparc64  ia64
> > c_r       X     X       X       X
> > kse       X                     X
> > thr       X             X       X
> >=20
> > Don't forget that amd64 is up-and-coming also.
>=20
> I have most of the amd64 userland bits.  The syscalls
> *context() don't seem to work correctly yet (testing
> done on sledge).  I can commit them so that they are
> there for others to play with.
>=20

Can you just commit it ? this let any parties interested
in KSE can work on it.

> As Marcel can probably confirm, it is not that difficult
> for someone with <arch> knowledge to write the necessary
> libkse bits -- probably no more than a weekend.  Marcel's
> ia64 bits are a good path to follow.
>=20
> I'd like to see the emphasis put more on the <arch>s; if
> they are going to be Tier-1, provide the necessary libkse
> bits :-)
>=20
> --=20
> Dan Eischen



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