Re: [9fans] Xen Installation

2008-05-20 Thread Jonny Morrill
Thanks alot for the suggestions! You guys are on top of things here I can see. It's nice to have a strong community to help out with the details of a new system. I'm looking forward to seeing how well plan9 works! Cheers, Jonny

Re: [9fans] Threading Model Questions

2008-05-20 Thread Russ Cox
> 1) Are there any valid criticisms to this approach? Everyone seems to > agree it is superior to "lower-level" models, but are there any areas > where this model doesn't work comparatively well? People often ask how you would structure an operating system around communications primitives. Certa

Re: [9fans] Threading Model Questions

2008-05-20 Thread palazzol
Woops, sorry - I actually meant the stuff referenced in the lock(2) man page, which looks like it's not part of libthread. -Frank -- Original message -- From: erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 4) Finally, it looks like libthread has support for a lot of non

Re: [9fans] Threading Model Questions

2008-05-20 Thread erik quanstrom
> 4) Finally, it looks like libthread has support for a lot of non-CSP stuff. > Is this part used much? Or is it just there for historical and/or > completeness reasons. my simple search through thread.h yielded only these functions that i wouldn't consider either part of thread/proc managemen

[9fans] Threading Model Questions

2008-05-20 Thread palazzol
Hello, I've been looking into the Bell Labs CSP-style threading model, trying a few test programs, and watching the Russ Cox and Rob Pike movies. I have a few of questions. 1) Are there any valid criticisms to this approach? Everyone seems to agree it is superior to "lower-level" models, bu