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Date:      Mon, 16 Feb 1998 00:06:21 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Tristan Savatier <tristan@mpegtv.com>
Cc:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: VideoCD (VCD) on freeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980216000520.4456o-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <34E7C4F0.1112D94B@mpegtv.com>

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On Sun, 15 Feb 1998, Tristan Savatier wrote:

> Eivind Eklund wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, Feb 15, 1998 at 08:28:05PM -0800, Tristan Savatier wrote:
> > 
> > > I am not sure.  We don't have a FreeBSD system to test.  Can anyone
> > > tell us if FreeBSD can play VCD already ?  Can it do it with mtv ?
> > > If not, will those ioctl be supported some day ? will clone be
> > > available ?
> > 
> > clone() will be available, though it as far as I've understood is a
> > bad solution to the threads problem.
> 
> It is not so bad.  Thread scheduling is done by the kernel.
> I had no problem with the linuxthreads package, which is based
> on clone.
> 
> 
> > If I understood John Dyson correctly, this was something that was due
> > to be added RSN - my guess is that there is an even chance you'll have
> > it at the end of next week.

John just said he was forced off FreeBSD programming by a job requirement
thru the end of the week at least.  It'll still be soon, tho.

> 
> cool! I mean, for the FreeBSD community.
> 
> -t
> 
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