At Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:37:20 +0200, Andreas Jochens wrote: > The attached patch changes the following file of the glibc package: > > * debian/sysdeps/amd64.mk: > > Drop the 'nptl' pass from GLIBC_PASSES. > > Use 'nptl' instead of 'linuxthreads' in the 'libc' pass (this requires > kernel >= 2.6.0, but 2.4 is not supported by the amd64 port anyway). > > There had been some complaints about the default use of linuxthreads > (instead of nptl) on amd64. > In response to these complaints a glibc package with this patch applied > has been used by the amd64/gcc-3.4 experimental archive on alioth since > a few weeks (without problems so far).
This is because /lib/tls is not used in default even on 2.6 amd64 kernel. We use some magic to use /lib/tls on i386. So I think it's good idea to introduce code which uses /lib/tls on x86_64, instead of dropping linuxthreads on 2.4. Regards, -- gotom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
