I believe a thread is a kernel thread - well, a proper, iOS one. Not
some kind of "we'll do the switching" hack.

but I could be wrong.

On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 14:51, Wally McClure
<[email protected]> wrote:
> A quick question on threading in iOS.  There is an iOS NSThread.  How does
> it differ from an MT managed thread/threadpool/task?  Is an NSThread a
> kernel level thread where as an MT thread/threadpool/task is an
> application/framework level thread that is at a higher level than an
> NSThread?  Does the threading model of MT (and MfA I would assume) follow an
> N:1 or M:N threading model (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_%28computer_science%29#N:1_.28User-level_threading
> )?  Any info is appreciated.
>
> Wally
>
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