From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 18:00:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 17:58:55 -0400 Received: from jalon.able.es ([212.97.163.2]:38538 "EHLO jalon.able.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 24 Jun 2001 17:58:40 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 01:10:31 +0200 From: "J . A . Magallon" To: Stephen Satchell Cc: Martin Devera , bert hubert , "linux-kernel @ vger . kernel . org" Subject: Re: Threads are processes that share more Message-ID: <20010621011031.B19922@werewolf.able.es> In-Reply-To: <20010620175937.A8159@home.ds9a.nl> <4.3.2.7.2.20010620150729.00b60710@mail.fluent-access.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010620150729.00b60710@mail.fluent-access.com>; from satch@fluent-access.com on Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 00:08:52 +0200 X-Mailer: Balsa 1.1.6 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 20010621 Stephen Satchell wrote: > >By the way, I'm surprised no one has mentioned that a synonym for "thread" >is "lightweight process". > In linux. Perhaps this the fault. In IRIX, you have sprocs and threads. sprocs have independent pids and you can control what you share (mappings, fd table...). Threads group under same pid. Linux chose the sproc way... -- J.A. Magallon # Let the source be with you... mailto:jamagallon@able.es Linux Mandrake release 8.1 (Cooker) for i586 Linux werewolf 2.4.5-ac15 #2 SMP Sun Jun 17 02:12:45 CEST 2001 i686