Re: [ANNOUNCE] nptl 0.2

J.A. Magallon
2002-10-04T15:07:15Z

On 2002.10.04 Ulrich Drepper wrote:
>
>Now that the Linux kernel is once again able to run all the tests we
>have and since glibc 2.3 was released it was time for a new code drop.
>I've uploaded the second code drop for the Native POSIX Thread
>Library:
>
> ftp://people.redhat.com/drepper/nptl/nptl-0.2.tar.bz2
>

Fine !!

>You need

This is the hard part...

>
>- - the latest of Linus' kernel from BitKeeper (or 2.5.41 when it
> is released);
>

Mmmm...

>- - glibc 2.3
>

Easy. I suppose it is binary compatible with 2.2.5.

>- - the very latest in tools such as
>
> + gcc either from the current development branch or the gcc 3.2
> from Red Hat Linux 8;
>

OK in my cooker.

> + binutils preferrably from CVS, from H.J. Lu's latest release for
> Linux, or from RHL 8.
>

Done.

Well, so you need:
- new binutils, easy to do.
- new gcc, already in Mandrake and RedHat (?? about SuSE and others)
- new glibc, probably the first update when Cooker and RawHide are
unfrozen again. And it is a final release.

Problem is kernel 2.5. Too 'risky'.
I would like to ask again: could you state what new kernel features are
needed (futexes, cpu-affinity syscalls, signalling changes...).
Perhaps people can use 2.4 -ac or -aa trees (if for example nptl only
needs futexes).

TIA

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