Re: 2.3.DEVEL2 now on the web site

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
 
> Does your FreeBSD box have kernel based pthreds? The ones I have looked
> at only had userspace pthreads, which is of no use for async-io. I have
> seen some references to a project porting Linux Threads to FreeBSD, but
> I could find very little information on it (the project seemed to have
> stalled),

I used FreeBSD.3.1-RELEASE. I don't know how to tell if its
kernel or userland. Hm, does this indicate anything?

        % nm /kernel|grep -i thread
        f01381d0 t kthread_init
        %

> > I had somewhat better luck with Linux, but
> > there the ethernet driver kept crapping out under a polygraph load.
>
> What kind of network card did you use? I (and many else) have had a lot
> of trouble with Intel Etherexpress cards on Linux, where the card dies
> under heavy load.

I started with a 3COM 3c-905B and then switched to an Intel EEPro.
Both drivers (?) failed under the load.

Duane W.
Received on Tue Jul 29 2003 - 13:15:59 MDT