On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 12:08 +0530, Rick Brown wrote: > Hi list, > > I read that the kernel does not differentiate between threads and > processes. Only for scheduling. Kernel maintains thread level data structures to enable say fast context switch, mm sharing etc > > So as long as relevant system calls do not change, it should be > possible to run any threading library on any kernel? NPTL on 2.4? > pthreads on 2.6? NPTL needs kernel support. It is 1:1 threading model without any overhead under the assumption that kernel supports faster context switches, less kernel entry overhead etc > > Rick > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
