From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965103AbVJ1Frb (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:47:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965104AbVJ1Frb (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:47:31 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:59268 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965103AbVJ1Fra (ORCPT ); Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:47:30 -0400 Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 07:47:23 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Harald Dunkel Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: NPTL support for 2.4.31? Message-ID: <20051028054723.GA32148@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Harald Dunkel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <4361B55C.7000705@t-online.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4361B55C.7000705@t-online.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 07:21:32AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote: > Is there some module/patch for kernel 2.4.31 available to > support NPTL? I know that there is a backport in RH's 2.4.21, > but obviously it didn't make it into the native 2.4 kernel. I doubt anybody else would do the work, you'll find that any NPTL patch is bound to be huge and intrusive. Try running 2.6 if possible. A 2.4 kernel with NPTL patched in is not going to confer any stability benefits over 2.6. -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://netherlabs.nl Open and Closed source services