LWP's parallel processing on multiprocessor box?

[stuf77]

Hi,

We have a TCP/IP server program that that DOES NOT spawn child processes to deal with client requests, but instead spawns new threads on dedicated lightweight processes (LWP's). It has been ported from Windows, and I am attempting to run this on a Unixware 7 box with multiple processors, and get it parallel processing.

I don't know much about LWP's - is it even possible for a single server process containing multiple LWP's to utilise multiple processors simultaneously?

Thanks!

Stu

 

[Chapter11]

The answer to your question (as best as I can figure) is that it will depend on the flavor of unix you're running under. I'm not familiar with UnixWare 7, so I can't answer directly to it.

That being said, just fire off your new threads. If the OS is capable of putting them on different CPUs, it'll do so.