does pthread package support kernel threads ?

Hi, FreeBSD provides the pthread package (available through the use of the option -pthread to gcc). Does this package use user-level threads or does it use kernel threads ? I believe the kernel supports multiple threads in the same address space using the rfork() system call. - Mohit

Re: does pthread package support kernel threads ?

* Mohit Aron [EMAIL PROTECTED] [001129 01:32] wrote: Hi, FreeBSD provides the pthread package (available through the use of the option -pthread to gcc). Does this package use user-level threads or does it use kernel threads ? I believe the kernel supports multiple threads in the same

Re: does pthread package support kernel threads ?

On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Mohit Aron wrote: -Hi, - FreeBSD provides the pthread package (available through the -use of the option -pthread to gcc). Does this package use user-level -threads or does it use kernel threads ? I believe the kernel supports -multiple threads in the same address space