Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 17:46:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> To: eischen@vigrid.com, mi@aldan.algebra.com Cc: java@FreeBSD.org, jb@cimlogic.com.au, jdp@polstra.com, obrien@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: porting libjava to FreeBSD Message-ID: <199909252146.RAA26272@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
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Mikhail Teterin wrote: > Daniel Eischen once stated: > > =John Polstra wrote: > => Ick. > = > =Ick indeed. > > This "icks" may offend the libjava people :) I removed them from the CC: Since FreeBSD threads run in one process, using a signal to suspend a thread _is_ icky :-) > => I think it would be better to suspend threads using > => pthread_suspend_np(). > = > =Yep. > > So, should I just patch it up, or would there be a need for > freebsd_threads.c anyway? Can one of the "thread people", please, send a > (even if untested) patch? The linux_threads.c is included for your > convenience. Yours, I would make a freebsd_threads.c and use other models as examples. Remember that FreeBSD threads are user threads, and some of the things the Linux thread support does, we don't have to. I don't know that Linux threads is a good model to use because of this. Dan Eischen eischen@vigrid.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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