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From: Mike Zick <minimod@morethan.org>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/6] Add toolchain knob for NPTL
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:46:17 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140213074617.283682ce@core2quad.morethan.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1392297727-17627-1-git-send-email-thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>

On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:22:01 +0100
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> wrote:

> We have a growing number of packages that need pthread functions only
> available when the NPTL implementation is used. But at the same time,
> we have several architectures (AVR32, ARC, Blackfin and Xtensa) that
> don't support NPTL.
> 
> This set of commits adds a new hidden toolchain config knob named
> BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL, and uses it in four packages: three
> were already having special conditions to more-or-less detect the
> availability of NPTL, and one package (qt5) which fixes an autobuilder
> failure.

*NIT* :

With the line length limitations, shouldn't variable names be kept to
less than 1/2 the line length limits?  ;)

Rhetorical:
Can a toolchain **without threads** support NPTL ?

With the above considerations, perhaps the knob could be:
BR2_TOOLCHAIN_NPTL

- - - -

Sorry for the noise, mind is not fully in-gear this morning.
Mike

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-02-13 13:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-13 13:22 [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/6] Add toolchain knob for NPTL Thomas Petazzoni
2014-02-13 13:22 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/6] toolchain: introduce a " Thomas Petazzoni
2014-02-17  7:11   ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2014-02-17  8:03     ` Thomas Petazzoni
2014-02-17 16:59       ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2014-02-17 22:51         ` Thomas Petazzoni
2014-02-17 22:08   ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2014-02-17 22:57     ` Thomas Petazzoni
2014-02-17 23:09       ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2014-02-13 13:22 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/6] docs/manual: indicate how to handle BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL Thomas Petazzoni
2014-02-13 13:46   ` Thomas De Schampheleire
2014-02-13 13:55     ` Thomas Petazzoni
2014-02-13 13:22 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 3/6] rt-tests: use BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL Thomas Petazzoni
2014-02-13 13:22 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 4/6] sconeserver: " Thomas Petazzoni
2014-02-13 13:22 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 5/6] tvheadend: " Thomas Petazzoni
2014-02-13 13:22 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 6/6] qt5: needs NPTL threads Thomas Petazzoni
2014-02-13 13:46 ` Mike Zick [this message]
2014-02-18 21:06   ` [Buildroot] [PATCH 0/6] Add toolchain knob for NPTL Thomas Petazzoni

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