Ooop... my apologies... it's NPTL! Duh me!!!
http://gentoo-wiki.com/NPTL
fire-eyes wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
>
>>Just wondering - how would my system benefit from using ntpl/ntplonly? I
>>don't see very much 'official' documentation of these USE flags, but
>>Googling, I see a lot of people using it to 'optimize' their gcc/system.
>>
>>Anyone care to comment?
>>
>
>
> Myself I tried ntpl (and also ntplonly at someones suggestion). It is
> supposed to offer better thread support, especially if you have an SMP
> or dual core system. I have an SMP system.
>
> Maybe it was just for me, but this turned into a total disaster. I later
> found that it was due to setting ntplonly, which apparently disables
> old, non-ntpl support entirely. Which is very very bad for apps that
> don't yet support ntpl, or something like that.
>
> My suggestion is to talk to gentoo devs, and decide for yourself if you
> think it's worth it. And by all means stay away from ntplonly.
>
> Today my system is ntpl (without ntplonly), on an SMP system, and I
> don't notice any improvement at ALL. Which is VERY annoying considering
> the complete insanity I went through for about a week.
>
> Yes, I know only some apps support ntpl, but the impression given to me
> was that it would speed up the whole system. Which is certainly not true.
>
> Yes, others can flame me.
>
> Good Luck.
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