Re: State of threads?

[Matty <kaiwainz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2004-06-29 03:42:27 +1000, Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

> On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 06:27:57PM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote:
> > I'm wondering: does lwkt system has anything to do with userland 
> > threads? Do threaded programs linked with libc_r take advantage of SMP?
>
> Yes and no, no.
>
> There wasn't a lot of work on the userland front lately, only the
> beginning of the framwork exists (userland LWKT). Other parts of
> the system had a greater need for work.
>
> libc_r is still the n:1 threading and therefore can't take advantage
> of SMP other than the normal multi-processing.
>
> Joerg

With the LWKT, what model will it adopt? n:1 n:m? just a little curious.

Thanks in advanced,

Matty
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