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From: Chris Csanady <ccsanady@nyx.pr.mcs.net>
Newsgroups: comp.programming.threads,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: [??] pure kernel vs. dual concurrency implementations
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 23:41:42 -0600
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Michael Hancock wrote:
> 
> I've been talking to some people who are pro pure kernel threading vs.
> a   dual kernel and userland model when it comes to implementation on a
> traditional Unix kernel design like FreeBSD.
> 

There was a discussion on the hackers a while ago with the subject
"Re: clone()/rfork()/threads (Re: Inferno for FreeBSD)"  that you
might want to look at.  I didn't follow it closely, but Terry explained
a bunch of stuff, and mentioned that the DEC model is what we want..

Chris