Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 09:44:45 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Fulvio Risso <F.Risso@cs.ucl.ac.uk>, "'freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Native thread on JDK 1.1.7 Message-ID: <199903171744.JAA12285@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Mar 1999 10:12:07 MST." <199903171712.KAA10340@mt.sri.com>
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> > 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
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