</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ <option>-dynload</option>
+ <indexterm><primary><option>-dynload</option></primary></indexterm>
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This flag selects one of a number of modes for finding shared
+ libraries at runtime. See <xref linkend="finding-shared-libs"/> for
+ a description of each mode.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
machine. See <xref linkend="using-smp" />.</para>
<para>The ability to make a foreign call that does not
- block all other Haskell threads.</para>
-
- <para>The ability to invoke foreign exported Haskell
- functions from multiple OS threads.</para>
+ block all other Haskell threads, and to invoke
+ foreign-exported Haskell functions from multiple OS
+ threads. See <xref linkend="ffi-threads" />.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-
- <para>With <option>-threaded</option>, calls to foreign
- functions are made using the same OS thread that created the
- Haskell thread (if it was created by a call to a foreign
- exported Haskell function), or an arbitrary OS thread
- otherwise (if the Haskell thread was created by
- <literal>forkIO</literal>).</para>
-
- <para>More details on the use of "bound threads" in the
- threaded runtime can be found in the <ulink
- url="../libraries/base/Control-Concurrent.html"><literal>Control.Concurrent</literal></ulink> module.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>