Hello,

An updated version of David M's patch posted at
https://lists.linuxia64.org/archives//linux-ia64/2003-February/004656.html
is attached.  The libc part should apply ontop libc cvs and the NPTL
part with NPTL 0.34.  To build I used

../libc/configure --with-tls --with-__thread
--with-headers=/usr/src/linux-2.5.64/include
--enable-add-ons=nptl --prefix=/usr CC=gcc-snap

where gcc-snap is the latest 3.3 snapshot [*].  You will obviously
need a kernel that is sufficient to run NPTL and have fsyscall support
enabled.

I can make some debian archives of this if it would help people to
test it.  It passes make check (except for known failures) and we here
at Gelato@UNSW will be using it internally, but at the moment all I
would say is "works for me".

Regards,

-i
ianw@gelato.unsw.edu.au
http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au

[*] I have seen problems with 3.3 snapshots locking up the system and
causing a machine check.  I would be interested if anyone using redhat
and their gcc 3.2 with the backported __thread changes sees this
problem.