Robert Watson
2009-Nov-13 12:23 UTC
[libdispatch-dev] FreeBSD 8-STABLE now supports GCD, libdispatch port updated (fwd)
FYI to FreeBSD 8-STABLE followers who may be interested in using Apple's GCD technology on FreeBSD. GCD, for those who may have missed it, is a concurrent programming framework introdued in Mac OS X Snow Leopard, now also supported on FreeBSD. There are a number of useful links on the wiki page, but this provides the best high-level introduction: http://images.apple.com/macosx/technology/docs/GrandCentral_TB_brief_20090903.pdf My announcement text (and wiki link) below. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:21:40 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson <robert@fledge.watson.org> To: libdispatch-dev@lists.macosforge.org Subject: [libdispatch-dev] FreeBSD 8-STABLE now supports GCD, libdispatch port updated Dear all: Just an FYI that all the parts are now in place to use GCD (libdispatch) on FreeBSD 8-STABLE. You will need the following: - FreeBSD 8-STABLE snapshot from at least 2009-11-01 (r198732) - FreeBSD libdispatch port from at least 2009-11-11 Do the upgrade to the 8-STABLE snapshot first so that the port can find the required kernel features. As a reminder, you can find FreeBSD/GCD port status, quick start guide, and general information here: http://wiki.freebsd.org/GCD I have updated it to reflect 8.x support. Thanks are due to Stacey Son and Stanislav Sedov for their work to make this happen! Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge _______________________________________________ libdispatch-dev mailing list libdispatch-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/libdispatch-dev