POSIX threads on DFly

[Matthew Dillon]

:> > Understanding that LWKT is just for the kernel, where do Xu threads fit
:> > in?
:> > Where are we in comparison with POSIX?
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:> Still some kernel parts to fix before it can be fully POSIX conformant.
:> I'm working on that.
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:And Xu threads are related to POSIX as well?
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:Please CC me as I now browse the list online.
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:Jonathon McKitrick

    David Xu's work is progressing nicely and except for a few nits here
    and there that require more kernel support, like properly sharing signals,
    it looks like it will be possible to form a good basis to get our
    threading up to POSIX standards.  It's already better then libc_r IMHO.

    In fact, that reminds me... Joerg, I would like to support a CCTHREAD
    environment variable to specify the default threading library, similar to
    how our CCVER environment variable works, and hook -pthread into it.
    Do you have time to work that into the compiler ?  That's why I asked
    David to call his library libthread_xu instead of libthread... I want us
    to be able to choose between multiple thread libraries as easily as we
    choose between multiple compilers.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
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