libpthread cleanup: L4 port, PowerPC port

2012-08-04 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hi! I'm currently having a look at a few pending libpthread issues. Before getting to these, I'd first like to propose some cleanup. I have not yet tested these changes, but will do so once they're generally approved. There has been a libpthread port for Hurd on L4 use, which is dead, and has b

Re: libpthread cleanup: L4 port, PowerPC port

2012-08-04 Thread Neal H. Walfield
At Sat, 4 Aug 2012 12:34:28 +0200, Thomas Schwinge wrote: > There has been a libpthread port for Hurd on L4 use, which is dead, and > has been superseded by a Viengoos port, which has its own branches: For what it is worth, the L4 port works directly on L4: no further OS personality support is req

Re: libpthread cleanup: L4 port, PowerPC port

2012-08-04 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hi! On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:02:10 +0200, "Neal H. Walfield" wrote: > At Sat, 4 Aug 2012 12:34:28 +0200, > Thomas Schwinge wrote: > > There has been a libpthread port for Hurd on L4 use, which is dead, and > > has been superseded by a Viengoos port, which has its own branches: > > For what it is

Re: libpthread cleanup: L4 port, PowerPC port

2012-08-04 Thread Neal H. Walfield
At Sat, 4 Aug 2012 15:02:46 +0200, Thomas Schwinge wrote: > > > master-viengoos and its successor, master-viengoos-on-bare-metal. > > > > master-viengoos is an implementation of Viengoos that runs on L4. > > viengoos-on-bare-metal runs directly on x86-64 (and it a bit more > > advanced) and provid

Re: libpthread cleanup: L4 port, PowerPC port

2012-08-04 Thread Thomas Schwinge
Hi! On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:16:22 +0200, "Neal H. Walfield" wrote: > At Sat, 4 Aug 2012 15:02:46 +0200, > Thomas Schwinge wrote: > > > > * signal/README: Likewise. > > > > * signal/TODO: Likewise. > > > > * signal/kill.c: Likewise. > > > > * signal/pt-kill-siginfo-np.c: Likewise. > > > > * signal

Re: libpthread cleanup: L4 port, PowerPC port

2012-08-04 Thread Neal H. Walfield
At Sat, 4 Aug 2012 15:56:01 +0200, Thomas Schwinge wrote: > On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:16:22 +0200, "Neal H. Walfield" > wrote: > > At Sat, 4 Aug 2012 15:02:46 +0200, > > Thomas Schwinge wrote: > > > > > * signal/README: Likewise. > > > > > * signal/TODO: Likewise. > > > > > * signal/kill.c: Likewise