Date: Sun, 31 Oct 1999 20:04:46 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Threads goals version II Message-ID: <199911010304.UAA14336@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <99Nov1.135453est.40379@border.alcanet.com.au> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9910311817030.8816-100000@home.elischer.org> <99Nov1.135453est.40379@border.alcanet.com.au>
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> On 1999-Nov-01 13:18:29 +1100, Julian Elischer wrote: > >2/ Ability to simultaneously schedule M threads over N Processors. > and have Q (where Q = min(M,N)) threads simultaneously executing. > > >3/ One blocking thread cannot block another thread. > > Blocking of one thread does not imply that other threads be > >blocked. > > How about `a thread can remain runnable even if other threads in the > process are blocked'. FWIW, I like this wording. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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