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From: Linus Torvalds <Linus.Torvalds@cs.Helsinki.FI>
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In-Reply-To: "Eric S. Raymond"'s message as of Feb  8, 19:50
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To: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@locke.ccil.org>, proven@MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: POSIX.4 threads?

"Eric S. Raymond": "POSIX.4 threads?" (Feb  8, 19:50):
> Do you know if anyone is working on POSIX.4-compatible threads for Linux?

The "pthreads" stuff from MIT should be posic-compatible, as far as I
know.  It's user-level, but it has conceptual support for kernel threads
too, so it's extensible. 

I don't remember where to get it, but the author was Chris Provenzano
(sp?), at "proven@athena.mit.edu".  I'm cc'ing this to him, on the off
chance that I actually remember correctly.. 

There is also a "PCthreads" package:

	tsx-11.mit.edu: pub/linux/ALPHA/pthread

I have no idea how well that works. 

		Linus