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Date:      Thu, 03 Nov 2005 09:48:56 -0800
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, babkin@users.sourceforge.net, babkin@verizon.net, scottl@samsco.org
Subject:   Re: locking in a device driver
Message-ID:  <436A4D88.5070105@elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051103.092325.119936663.imp@bsdimp.com>
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M. Warner Losh wrote:

>In message: <20669850.1131022662391.JavaMail.root@vms061.mailsrvcs.net>
>            Sergey Babkin <babkin@verizon.net> writes:
>: Maybe it can be fixed in the kernel without
>: too much trouble.
>
>It already is in libthr and libposix.  They already use execution
>contexts to map M threads onto N contexts.  libc_r is being retired
>and not worth the effort to modernize.
>
>Since there's really no good threading paradigm in 4.x and since it is
>also being retired, I don't think it is worth the effort there.
>  
>

I suggest linking with the linuxthreads port.

>Warner
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