libthr and 1:1 threading.

[Andrew Boothman]

Terry Lambert wrote:

>Stijn Hoop wrote:
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>>On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 10:54:45PM -0500, Jeff Roberson wrote:
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>>>I have commited libthr.  To try this out you'll need to do the following
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>>I know very very little about threads, but I'm interested as to what the
>>purpose is of this library. Is there a document available somewhere that
>>describes the relationships between this, KSE, libc_r, pthreads, the
>>Giant-unwinding-make-SMP-work-better project and some of the other
>>threads and SMP related libraries and terminology?
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>Here's a thumbnail sketch, though (forgive me, KSE folks, if I mung
>it too badly):
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Good explanations Terry! Even I could understand it :)

If this is all reasonably accurate enough for everyone, could it be 
marked up for a FAQ or Handbook entry? As we move towards a 5-STABLE I 
think it would be useful to have a document to point to that describes 
these things.

I'm happy to do the markup if you're happy for your words (or a close 
approximation) to be used.

Thanks.

Andrew.