From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 7 08:50:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA25794 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 08:50:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from canonware.com (canonware.com [206.184.206.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA25787 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 08:50:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jasone@canonware.com) Received: (qmail 1627 invoked by uid 1001); 7 Aug 1998 15:47:23 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 7 Aug 1998 15:47:23 -0000 Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 08:47:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Jason Evans To: John Birrell cc: alk@pobox.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pthreads woes revisited. In-Reply-To: <199808070849.SAA04153@cimlogic.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, John Birrell wrote: > Tony Kimball wrote: > > Ouch! Like some (many?) others, in my world the whole value > > of 3.0 is wrapt in SMP and kernel threads. Nothing else counts, > > comparatively speaking. SMP is rather pointless for me as well if kernel threads don't come with it. > I doubt that introducing further delays would create a flurry of activity > aimed at providing added value. All that would happen is that the same > value would be delivered later. > > [ Anybody reading this who wants to prove me wrong was 9 weeks to submit > a PR and nag a committer to get it worked on. The PR should contain > patches relative to -current, though. ] Can you summarize what needs done, how much effort you expect it is, and give a pointer or two on where to look in the source? If it's within my technical abilities, I'm willing to help make kernel threads work sooner rather than later. Jason Jason Evans Email: [jasone@canonware.com] Web: [http://www.canonware.com/~jasone] Home phone: [(650) 856-8204] Work phone: [(408) 774-8007] Quote: ["Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" - Thomas Edison] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message