From e1ca552e3a059458da75b2d549e37f8c3cbaff94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcus Brinkmann Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 11:40:30 +0000 Subject: Add information about pthreads. --- hurd.html | 4 ++-- whatsnew.html | 14 +++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/hurd.html b/hurd.html index f0a3eb15..ed51085c 100644 --- a/hurd.html +++ b/hurd.html @@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ and advanced server applications like the Apache webserver.

On the negative side, the support for character devices (like sound cards) and other hardware is mostly missing. Although the POSIX -interface is provided, some additional interfaces like POSIX threads, -shared memories or semaphores are still under development. +interface is provided, some additional interfaces like POSIX shared +memory or semaphores are still under development.

All this applies to the current development version, and not to the last release (0.2). We encourage everybody who is interested to try diff --git a/whatsnew.html b/whatsnew.html index 60364684..29caa133 100644 --- a/whatsnew.html +++ b/whatsnew.html @@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ kernels (such as Linux).

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18 November 2002
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+For one month now, the pthread implementation by Neal Walfield is part +of the Hurd CVS source tree, and has been used to compile more +software for the Debian GNU/Hurd archive. The lack of a POSIX +compatible thread library (the Hurd was based on the cthread +implementation that originally accompanied Mach) was a show stopper, +and we are happy about the possibility to not only compile more +applications, but also to start the work on migrating the Hurd source +code to pthreads. +

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19 October 2002
The Toronto Hurd Users Group meets again: The More information can be found at UW CS Club website and at thug@gnu.org -
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03 October 2002
Marcus Brinkmann speaks about the GNU Hurd at "Reflections | -- cgit v1.2.3