KSE, libpthread & libthr: almost newbie question
Ivan Voras
ivoras at fer.hr
Fri Oct 27 13:07:45 UTC 2006
Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 10:56:21AM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote:
>> Lev Serebryakov wrote:
>>> Hello ,
>>>
>>> I've was sure, that both libpthread and libthr use KSE to make
>>> multithreading. They use KSE in different ways: libpthread uses N:M
>>> model and libthr uses 1:1 model, but bot use KSE to work.
>>> How will be possible to use these libraries (read: multithreaded
>>> programs) when KSE will be optional, on kernel without KSE?!
>> Yes, isn't KSE by definition "that thing that is scheduled in the kernel"?
>>
> KSE == N:M threading
Ok, I thought it was threading in general on FreeBSD, and libthr just
mapped one KSE to one thread.
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