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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: SunOS 4.x Lightweight Processes On NetBSD/SPARC
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 14:53:53 -0700
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Larry Riedel wrote:
] 
] I have an application which uses Sun's lightweight processes, and I
] would like to use NetBSD/SPARC to continue it's development.  Is it as
] simple as copying the include and library files from a SunOS machine?

SunOS 4.x LWP depends on aioread/aiowrite/aiowait/aiocancel.  I'm
not sure those system call interfaces are supported by NetBSD.  If
they are, then yes, you would just copy the libraries.

                                        Terry Lambert
                                        terry@lambert.org
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