Subject: Re: threads support (scheduler activation) and libraries
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 06/24/2002 09:02:17
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 10:28:54PM +0900, itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
> i understand there are a lot of progress in threads support in kernel
> side, however, i'm a bit worried about library side. for instance,
> all resolver libraries are not thread safe. they are from BIND4,
> and is heavily modified so it is not trivial for us to upgrade to BIND8.
> (for example, nsdispatch directly conflicst with BIND8 irs.conf)
> what are the grand plan?
What are the API changes from bind4 -> bind8? We may simply have to
reimplement it ourselves (and provide backward-compatibility to the
bind4 ABI).
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>