From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luk Claes Subject: Re: HPPA transition from linuxthreads to nptl. Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:14:04 +0100 Message-ID: <49A01A3C.4040609@debian.org> References: <119aab440902210606y4d7995cbu65f4ed1d7a660104@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: linux-parisc To: Debian HPPA Port List Return-path: In-Reply-To: <119aab440902210606y4d7995cbu65f4ed1d7a660104@mail.gmail.com> List-ID: List-Id: linux-parisc.vger.kernel.org Carlos O'Donell wrote: > debian-hppa, linux-parisc, > > I've been working on the linuxthreads to nptl transition over > the past week and I have had promising results. I managed > to debug several critical issues, and no blockers remain in > the implementation of compat symbols to fix the ABI transition. > > This implementation is the first ports target to attempt to > override symbols in the nptl add-on, and as such the initial > implementation has a lot of code duplication which I hope > to reduce via future patches to libc proper. There were aslo > several stumbling blocks in being the first. > > At present I have an initial implementation complete, along > with a testsuite to prove the implementation is correct. > Currently I am debugging the testsuite, because some of > the expected tests are not passing. > > I will keep the list updated on my progress. Thanks for the update. Please do share the code soon so other people can help test and improve it. Cheers Luk