From owner-freebsd-arch Wed Dec 6 13:37:19 2000 From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 6 13:37:17 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from Awfulhak.org (tun.AwfulHak.org [194.242.139.173]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A1C737B401; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:37:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@hak.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.12]) by Awfulhak.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB6LZLm16231; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 21:35:21 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Received: from hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hak.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eB6Lc6t07375; Wed, 6 Dec 2000 21:38:06 GMT (envelope-from brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <200012062138.eB6Lc6t07375@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Robert Watson Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: Threads in the base system In-Reply-To: Message from Robert Watson of "Tue, 05 Dec 2000 22:11:48 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 21:38:06 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Good spot. I believe NOLIBC_R should/must go. > Recently, pppctl was made thread-enabled, meaning that it relies on > libc_r. This makes the NOLIBC_R cannot be used with buildworld anymore. > Given that making pppctl depend on !NOLIBC_R may not be all that helpful, > it looks like we may need to lose NOLIBC_R. Presumably over time, threads > in default system applications will only become more popular. Any > thoughts (especially in light of upcoming KSE changes, which will make > threading integral to the system architecture)? > > Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project > robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message