On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Ferguson, Neale wrote: > New threads and processes are both created via a call to clone(). The former > uses flags that tell clone not to duplicate everything (like virtual > memory). The new thread or process gets a unique PID. In the 2.6 there'll be > something called a process group ID and a new threading model known as NPTL. > All threads created by a process will belong to such a group. The display of > processes can then be restricted to much less numbers of beasts. (Mind you > the practice of creating hundreds or even thousands of threads by many > (typical?) Java apps. is pretty braindead. The use of a few threads with > work queues seems (to me) to be a better practice.)
NPTL is in Red Hat Linux 9 and later. You can try it right now (and probably should) by participating in Red Hat's current beta of its ES line of software for xBoxes pBoxes iBoxes and importantly, zBoxes. For the zBox, your choice - 32-bit or 64. -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
