On Mon, 2008-09-15 at 17:57 +0200, Carmelo AMOROSO wrote: > Rob Landley wrote: > > On Thursday 28 August 2008 09:25:32 Carmelo AMOROSO wrote: > >> Looking at what we have into the nptl branch is useful. > >> Walk trough ldso directory and look for USE_TLS to see where you should > >> put your hands to add TLS support. Working code is a good guide. > >> Feel free to ask for explanation whenever you want... if we can/know, we > >> can help. > >> Volunteers are always welcome. > > > > Has there been any follow-up on this? > > > No that I'm aware of. > > I'm interested in this, because I'm trying to build Linux From Scratch 6.3 > > under the upcoming Firmware Linux 0.9.1, which means I'm trying to build > > glibc under uClibc. And current versions of glibc won't even cross compile > > from a host that doesn't support TLS. (Yeah, I know it's broken. It's > > maintained by the FSF.) > > > > I can't provide a working uClibc development environment for a target and > > then > > tell people "building glibc, if you want it, is your problem" if I myself > > can't make it work. So I need this. > > > > I note that the original paper on TLS is: > > > > http://people.redhat.com/drepper/tls.pdf > > > > Which might help... > > > This is what I used for adding TLS/sh4 relocation support on ld.so (nptl > branch) > > Rob > > > Carmelo I'm a bit busy these days woth some other stuff that I work on, but I hope soon enough I can start hacking on it.
Rob, can you join me in this effort after I start working on it? Cristi -- Cristi Măgherușan, Inginer de sistem/retea Universitatea Tehnică din Cluj-Napoca Centrul de Comunicații "Pusztai Kalman" Tel. 0264/401247 http://cc.utcluj.ro _______________________________________________ uClibc mailing list uClibc@uclibc.org http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uclibc
