GDB 6.0 and FreeBSD threads

[Niall Douglas]

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On 29 Mar 2004 at 20:38, Julian Elischer wrote:

> Ah but Linux and Solaris have gone the other way..
> They have abandonned M:N in favour of N:N with kernel based thread
> suspension.

I haven't implemented a thread scheduler in some years, but I am more 
familiar with what's required than many who state an opinion on M:N 
vs. 1:1. My instinct says that M:N is the superior solution - I don't 
have anything to prove this and certainly it'll be tricky, but 
generally anything which increases parallelisability will increase 
scalability.

I had been watching your work from afar just out of interest in how 
you do with a real M:N implementation. Someone asked for my library 
to work on FreeBSD, so now I'm actually part of the process. I look 
forward to it.

Cheers,
Niall





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