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> Is there any work being done for implementing kernel threads?  I would 
> think this would be very important for a robust, real-world usable,
> thread package.

None of the patches submitted to move toward kernel multithreading
(thread reeentrancy of kernel code) have been committed by any
of the committers, so far as I know.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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