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From: cambria@sscp.lkg.dec.com (Michael C. Cambria)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Now that 2.1 is out. What next?
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 14:12:42 -0500
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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In article <4abkv7$pqr@park.uvsc.edu>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> wrote:
> rmillian@cyber1.servtech.com (rudynel millian) wrote:
> ] 	What about multi threading? 
> 
> Kernel or user space?   User space is in -current now.
> 
> Kernel is on my list, but I believe it is free with the SMP
> synchronization for kernel reeentrancy.

What about Posix Realtime (1003.b)?  Ideally all of it (async I/O,
semaphores, realtime signals etc.) not just a feature or two.

If I've been following the posts correctly, the threads will be pthreads
(1003.c) correct?

Thanks,
Mike