Hello all, Through my work here with Gelato I have been looking at NPTL on IA64 for a little while, and though others might like to try out this new threading library. As of release 0.30 it very stable on IA64 (thanks to Jakub Jelinek).
If you don't know about NPTL, it is a significantly enhanced version of linuxthreads. You can read about it http://people.redhat.com/drepper/nptl-design.pdf It has support for new thinks like thread groups, uses futex's for locking etc. I have hacked together (emphasis on hacked) the latest libc cvs & nptl 0.30 in some debs. If you add deb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/~ianw/libc-nptl ./ to your /etc/apt/sources.list file you should be able to grab them. This has been lightly tested by me, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is a lot wrong with this. You will need to be running at least 2.5.59, and will need gcc 3.3 (try the gcc-snapshot package) if you want enhanced features like __thread support. I would recommend a machine you don't care about or a chroot environment. If there is interest in this, I can keep maintaining these with the latest releases as they come about & spend some time improving the packages. Please email me to tell me if you're interested. Please note this has NOTHING AT ALL to do with the official version, and is provided just as a convenience for others who might like to try it. If you are using this, *please* run problems past me first before complaining on the official lists (https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phil-list) as chances are it's with my packaging rather than the library. Thanks, -i [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au
