Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!sgi!shinobu!odin!bennett From: bennett@sgi.com (Jim Bennett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: Multi-thread on iris Message-ID: <1991Jan31.202436.8021@odin.corp.sgi.com> Date: 31 Jan 91 20:24:36 GMT References: <9101302302.AA10271@karron.med.nyu.edu> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 46 >>From: Jit Keong Tan >>Message-Id: <9101302127.AA19146@slic.cellbio.duke.edu> >>To: info-iris@BRL.MIL >>Subject: Multi-thread on iris >> >> >>Does anybody know if there is any multi-thread facilities >>available on the iris ? Something like the lightweight process >>on SUN or the Cthread on Mach ? >> >>Thanks. >> >>-------------------------------------------------------- >>Jit Keong Tan | internet: jit@slic.cellbio.duke.edu >>(919) 684-8098 | bitnet : tan00001@dukemc.bitnet >>-------------------------------------------------------- >Look at the document "Parallel Programming on Silicon Graphics Computer >Systems", doc number 007-0770-010. > >I found an error on page 2-9,section 2.2.2, Compiler Flags for >Multi-Thread Code. Omit the -align16 flag when you compile. > >If you need more help, please let me know. Some sample multi >thread code has been posted here. > >+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >| karron@nyu.edu (E-mail alias that will always find me) | >| Fax: 212 263 7190 * Dan Karron, Research Associate | >| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * New York University Medical Center | >| 560 First Avenue \*\ Pager <1> (212) 397 9330 | >| New York, New York 10016 \**\ <2> 10896 <3> | >| (212) 263 5210 \***\_________________________________________ | >| Main machine: karron.med.nyu.edu (128.122.135.3) IRIS 85GT | >+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > >NOTE PHONE NUMBER CHANGE: The Med Ctr has changed from 340 to 263 exchange. Also, there is a package called "uSystem" that was developed at the University of Waterloo. You can contact Peter Buhr (pabuhr@watmsg.waterloo.edu) for more information. It is a lighter weight mechanism than what we developed, and it supports multi-processors. Jim Bennett (bennett@esd.sgi.com)