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Date:      Tue, 02 Nov 1999 08:02:08 -0500
From:      "Daniel M. Eischen" <eischen@vigrid.com>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Threads models and FreeBSD. (Next Step)
Message-ID:  <381EE0D0.874F6198@vigrid.com>
References:  <25676.941546688@critter.freebsd.dk>

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Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> 
> In message <381EDBCE.FD7FBA68@vigrid.com>, "Daniel M. Eischen" writes:
> 
> >> >Disagree.  I want lightweight processes to have their own quantum
> >> >not limited (in total) to the parent process quantum.
> >>
> >> That would clearly kill the "lightweight" in "lightweight process"...
> >
> >That doesn't mean they each have to have the same quantum as a non-MT
> >process.
> 
> That has nothing to do with it.
> 
> There is not much point in making a lightweight process facility
> if the resulting processes are not lightweight.

And quantum is _the_ attribute that makes them lightweight or non
lightweight?  They each share file descriptors, address space, etc.

Dan Eischen
eischen@vigrid.com




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