1.0.33.26: enabled threads by default on x86[-64] Linux

[sbcl.git] / doc / manual / threading.texinfo

diff --git a/doc/manual/threading.texinfo b/doc/manual/threading.texinfo
index b681669..2fbd8d8 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/manual/threading.texinfo
+++ b/doc/manual/threading.texinfo
@@ -9,9 +9,12 @@ multiprocessing on machines that have more than one CPU, but it does
 not allow Lisp control of the scheduler.  This is found in the
 SB-THREAD package.
 
-This requires Linux (2.6+ or systems with NPTL backports) running on the
-x86 or x86-64 architecture, or SunOS (Solaris) on the x86.  Support for
-threading on Darwin (Mac OS X) and FreeBSD on the x86 is experimental.
+Threads are part of the default build on x86[-64] Linux only.
+
+They are also experimentally supported on: x86[-64] Darwin (Mac OS X),
+x86[-64] FreeBSD, and x86 SunOS (Solaris). On these platforms threads
+must be explicitly enabled at build-time, see @file{INSTALL} for
+directions.
 
 @menu
 * Threading basics::