Re: [task #5487] cthreads -> pthreads

[Barry deFreese]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Constantine Kousoulos" <wuwei@freemail.gr>
To: <bug-hurd@gnu.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: [task #5487] cthreads -> pthreads


> Thomas Schwinge wrote:
> > Follow-up Comment #1, task #5487 (project hurd):
> >
> > Attached is the work that Vicente Hernando Ara has been doing years ago, 
> > see
> > <http://web.archive.org/web/20040213013636/es.gnu.org/~zenton/Pthread/>.
>
> This link is obsolete.
>
>
> From Savannah (http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5487):
> "... To gain greater portability, the libraries and servers should be 
> ported to pthreads (which we also have a mostly functional implementation 
> for in the Hurd)."
>
> What exactly does the term "mostly functional implementation" mean?
>
> Has anyone considered using GNU Portable Threads 
> (http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/) with the Hurd? Maybe they are easier to 
> become "fully functional" since they are "portable".
>
> Sorry for the overdose of questions.
>
> Thanks,
> Constantine
Constantine,

Does this mean you are done with the 2.6 driver code? ;-)

Barry deFreese (aka bddebian)