From owner-freebsd-java Wed Mar 17 9:46:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [209.249.129.138]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C7C01552F for ; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 09:45:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA12285; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 09:44:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Message-Id: <199903171744.JAA12285@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Nate Williams Cc: Fulvio Risso , "'freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org'" Subject: Re: Native thread on JDK 1.1.7 In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 17 Mar 1999 10:12:07 MST." <199903171712.KAA10340@mt.sri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 09:44:45 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > We do support kernel threads and they are virtually the same as the linux > > threads. > > Not quite. We support *LINUX* threads in emulation mode with a GPL > add-on package, but we don't have native kernel threads in a form usable > by native FreeBSD software. We support Linux kernel threads "natively". Post on current for further inquiries or see http://lt.tar.com. As for the blanket statement that green threads are faster than kernel threads . The current kernel thread implementation is not optimal and it needs to be improved specially in the area of locking. Amancio To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message