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- From: guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals,comp.unix.wizards,comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: Re: lwp (threads) in SunOS kernel
- Keywords: lwp, threads, SunOS, kernel
- Message-ID: <16613@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 19:00:07 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.032813.10434@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- >That is, in addition to the lightweight processes library (-llwp) provided for
- >users, there *appears* to be support for *kernel* threads. Perhaps this is in
- >order to support multiple asynchronous I/O operations and the like.
-
- That's precisely why it's there.
-
- They basically stuck code derived from "-llwp" into the kernel.
-
- >Is this all a fluke?
-
- No.
-
- >Is there support (eg. a manual or commented header file) for using
- >threads in the kernel?
-
- No. It was stuck in (4.1 was the first release with it) only to support
- the async I/O calls; proceed at your own risk.
-