On Tue, 10 May 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tuesday 10 May 2005 17:23, Nix wrote: >> Indeed: configuring glibc with --without-__thread, putting the result in >> /lib/tls, and linking its dynamic linker into /lib yields an NPTL >> installation that works on i586 without trouble. > >> The only downside is a loss of binary compatibility for programs that >> use thread cancellation, but these seem to be very rare. > Thanks for the info, anyhow that's probably enough to refrain many distros > from doing it.
Indeed it is; but LinuxThreads isn't long for this world and i586 machines are by no means dead. So I just mentioned it in case anyone wanted to do it themselves (it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere, and if you get the options slightly wrong you get peculiar glibc build failures...) -- `End users are just test loads for verifying that the system works, kind of like resistors in an electrical circuit.' - Kaz Kylheku in c.o.l.d.s ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7393&alloc_id=16281&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-user mailing list User-mode-linux-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-user
