cvs commit: src/lib/libpthread Makefile src/lib/libpthread/test sigsuspend_d.c src/lib/libpthread/thread thr_cancel.c thr_kern.c thr_nanosleep.c thr_private.h thr_sig.c

[Julian Elischer]

On Sat, 19 Jul 2003, David Xu wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Daniel Eischen" <eischen at vigrid.com>
> To: "Scott Long" <scottl at FreeBSD.org>
> Cc: "David Xu" <davidxu at FreeBSD.org>; <src-committers at FreeBSD.org>; <cvs-src at FreeBSD.org>; <cvs-all at FreeBSD.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 5:10 AM
> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpthread Makefile src/lib/libpthread/test sigsuspend_d.c src/lib/libpthread/thread thr_cancel.c thr_concurrency.c thr_create.c thr_find_thread.c thr_init.c thr_kern.c thr_nanosleep.c thr_private.h thr_sig.c thr_sigmask.c ...
> 
> 
> > On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Scott Long wrote:
> > 
> > > David and all,
> > > 
> > > Thanks for all of the good work here!
> > > 
> > > There has been a grwoing question of which threading package will be
> > > made 'default' for 5.x.  The main requirement is that the default
> > > threading package be supported on all Tier-1 platforms.  Right now,
> > > only libc_r meets that requirement.  Here's a quick table from
> > > memory, please correct me if I'm wrong:
> > > 
> > >          i386  alpha  sparc64  ia64
> > > c_r       X     X       X       X
> > > kse       X                     X
> > > thr       X             X       X
> > > 
> > > Don't forget that amd64 is up-and-coming also.
> > 
> > I have most of the amd64 userland bits.  The syscalls
> > *context() don't seem to work correctly yet (testing
> > done on sledge).  I can commit them so that they are
> > there for others to play with.
> > 
> 
> Can you just commit it ? this let any parties interested
> in KSE can work on it.

I guess we also need the kernel parts..

> 
> > As Marcel can probably confirm, it is not that difficult
> > for someone with <arch> knowledge to write the necessary
> > libkse bits -- probably no more than a weekend.  Marcel's
> > ia64 bits are a good path to follow.
> > 
> > I'd like to see the emphasis put more on the <arch>s; if
> > they are going to be Tier-1, provide the necessary libkse
> > bits :-)
> > 
> > -- 
> > Dan Eischen
>