Re: OT: JBoss & Linux Threads
On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 17:52:15 +0100, Holger Rauch wrote:
> I read that Linux allegedly does not support "real threads". My questions
> on this issue are:
>
> 1. Is that statement correct at all?
That question is impossible to answer without a definition of what
constitutes "real threading". Some people's definition of that seems to
include hybrid user and kernel space threading, and in that case, the
statement is correct. See
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/docs/support/faq-release/FAQ-java-linux-4.html#ss4.2
> 2. If its correct, which Linux kernel/glibc version combos *do* support
> threads, which don't?
LinuxThreads (an implementation of POSIX threads; see
http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/linuxthreads/) has been available as an
add-on to glibc and even libc5 for a long time. I'm fairly sure potato does
threads, and possibly even slink.
Other thread implementations (mostly userspace) are available as well; see
e.g. http://www.informatik.hu-berlin.de/~mueller/pthreads/
HTH,
Ray
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