Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 14:34:46 EDT From: Christopher Provenzano <proven@MIT.EDU> To: Amancio Hasty <hasty@star-gate.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Threads & Coffee ? Message-ID: <9504101834.AA03327@jimi.MIT.EDU> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 08 Apr 1995 18:15:05 -0000." <199504081815.SAA11248@star-gate.com>
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> > Hi, > > The folks at Sun are using threads with HotJava ... > > So what is the status of threads for FreeBSD-2.X > which versions are available and where ? > > > Tnks, > Amancio > Grab the latest copy pthreads-1_60_beta2 from sipb.mit.edu:/pub/pthreads, and apply the following patch to configure before the "mips-*-ultrix*)" line. It got munched in an autoconf accident. i386-*-freebsd2.*) name=i386-freebsd-2.0 sysincludes=freebsd-2.0 syscall=i386-freebsd2.0 makefile_frag=netbsd1.0.mk ;; > > Are they using: > > o kernel threads only > o user threads only > o multiple user threads bound to multiple kernel threads > o pthreads > o LWP (using async I/O to implement user space threads, in > a SunOS 4.1.x backward copmatability mode) > o sigsched type threads >From talking with them it seems that they only need user threads and they are evaluating pthreads as a way of leveraging multiple platforms in one fell swoop. Updating your answers .... o being worked on o ???? o If you've got kernel threads then pthreads-2_00 will take care of this. Due out sometime before the next USENIX. o Yeah, I'm a lame butt. :) o If you've got async I/O then pthreads-1_70 will use it. It's a few days worth of hacking to get it into pthreads but 1_60 is so close to an official release, and if I put it in now I'll be tempted to put other hack in and .... you know how releases go. > > Terry Lambert > terry@cs.weber.edu > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. CAP
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