Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:59:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:59:12 -0500 Received: from lsmls02.we.mediaone.net ([24.130.1.15]:48521 "EHLO lsmls02.we.mediaone.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:59:09 -0500 Message-ID: <3AA517DB.A5963C9F@alumni.caltech.edu> Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 09:01:15 -0800 From: Dan Kegel Reply-To: dank@alumni.caltech.edu X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jorge_ortiz@hp.com, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Process vs. Threads Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org jorge_ortiz@hp.com wrote: > I have been trying to differenciate threads and process in Linux. As > I am sure you already know, other OS, namely HPUX, implement threads > in a different way. ... > Of course, I am talking about kernel 2.2.x, but AFAIK this has not > changed in the new kernels. It's starting to change a bit; see the discussion following http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2000week36/0903.html ("thread group comments"). Can someone summarize the state of the thread changes in 2.4? A lot seemed to happen, but from what I gather, nothing user-visible yet. - Dan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/