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From: Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
To: ralf@linux-mips.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: NPTL support for the kernel
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:34:45 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050321203445.GA7082@nevyn.them.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050316141151.GA23225@nevyn.them.org>

On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 09:11:52AM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> Here's a kernel patch to enable NPTL support.  This doesn't include Maciej's
> uber-fast rdhwr emulation; I believe we ought to include both the fast and
> slow paths, since the slow path will handle use of other destination
> registers.  Changes:
> 
>   - Clone takes five arguments, not four.  Um, this bit is gross.
>   - New syscall sys_set_thread_area.  Only glibc uses this.
>   - Emulation of the rdhwr instruction.  This version is only loosely
>     based on the emulation on the malta branch; the major difference
>     is that I fixed ll/sc/rdhwr emulation in branch delay slots.
>     GCC 4.1 will generate rdhwr in branch delay slots in some
>     conditions.
>   - PTRACE_GET_THREAD_AREA support for GDB.

Ping?

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC

  reply	other threads:[~2005-03-21 20:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-03-16 14:11 NPTL support for the kernel Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-03-21 20:34 ` Daniel Jacobowitz [this message]
2005-03-22  1:21   ` Kumba
2005-03-22  1:41     ` David Daney
2005-03-22  3:21       ` Daniel Jacobowitz

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