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authorThomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>2014-02-26 15:20:53 +0100
committerThomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>2014-02-26 15:20:53 +0100
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-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation,
+Inc."]]
[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
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@@ -101,3 +102,17 @@ In context of [[resource_management_problems]].
<braunr> i initially downloaded osfmach sources to see an example of how
thread migration was used from userspace
<braunr> and they do have a special threading library for that
+
+
+# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2014-02-18
+
+ <teythoon> has anyone here ever tried to enable the thread migration bits
+ in gnumach to see where things break and how far that effort has been
+ taken ?
+ <braunr> without proper userspace support, i don't see how this could work
+ <teythoon> but is the kernel part finished or close to being finished ?
+ <braunr> no idea
+ <braunr> i don't think it is
+ <braunr> i didn't see much code related to that feature, and practically
+ none that looked like what the paper described
+ <braunr> some structures, but not used