On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Ted Wynnychenko <[email protected]> wrote: ... > When I look at the pthread.h header file (which is included in the source), > I cannot find "pthread_spinlock_t" defined. > > It is my understanding that on linux "pthread_spinlock_t" is defined in > "/usr/include/bits/pthreadtypes.h;" however, there is no "pthreadtypes.h" > header file that I can find on openbsd 4.9. > > I must admit that this is a bit beyond my current understanding. I am > wondering if there is some way around this, or if there is something in > ports/packages that can be installed to provide the missing > "pthread_spinlock_t" definition? Or, am I just out of luck?
Currently, you're out of luck. I expect that this will change some time after we make the switch from our current user-space-only threads (as implemented in the current libpthread) to real kernel threads (as presented by the not-built-or-enabled-by-default librthread). Philip Guenther
