2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/coro.c b/coro.c
index 5c410e8..25dfef8 100644
--- a/coro.c
+++ b/coro.c
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ coro_transfer (coro_context *prev, coro_context *next)
 {
   pthread_cond_signal (&next->cv);
   pthread_cond_wait (&prev->cv, &coro_mutex);
+#if __FreeBSD__ /* freebsd is of course broken and needs manual testcancel calls... yay... */
+  pthread_testcancel ();
+#endif
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/coro.h b/coro.h
index d16f82b..09f881f 100644
--- a/coro.h
+++ b/coro.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
  *            try harder to get _setjmp/_longjmp.
  *            major code cleanup/restructuring.
  * 2008-11-10 the .cfi hacks are no longer needed.
+ * 2008-11-16 work around a freebsd pthread bug.
  */
 
 #ifndef CORO_H
@@ -117,11 +118,13 @@
  * -DCORO_ASM
  *
  *    Handcoded assembly, known to work only on a few architectures/ABI:
- *    ELF Linux x86 && amd64 when gcc is used and optimisation is turned on.
+ *    GCC + x86/IA32 and amd64/x86_64 + GNU/Linux and a few BSDs.
  *
  * -DCORO_PTHREAD
  *
  *    Use the pthread API. You have to provide <pthread.h> and -lpthread.
+ *    This is likely the slowest backend, and it also does not support fork(),
+ *    so avoid it at all costs.
  *
  * If you define neither of these symbols, coro.h will try to autodetect
  * the model. This currently works for CORO_LOSER only. For the other