On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 05:52:20PM +0100, Eric Valette wrote: > Eric Valette wrote: > > >>Because Sarge supports NPTL when using 2.6 kernels, and that requires > >>2.6 headers to be useful. A number of other applications can take > >>advantage of 2.6 features there now. > > > > > >NPTL is fine mostly for servers. But I guess a number of user mode > >driver for average people will also probably break right now because of > >API inconsistencies between 2.4 and 2.6 (raw 1394 or USB are expected). > >I start wondering if a 2.4 GLIBC and a 2.6 GLIBC should be envisaged? > > Ooops. See thread about NPTL performances problem compared to > linuxthread due to bad locking locking strategy. > > <http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0311.0/0468.html> > > NB: apparently CVS NPTL is fixed but waht about debian libc :-)
Not due to bad locking strategy, due to a _typo_ essentially. We're going to fix performance issues when we have a freaking C library that _works_ again, OK? -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]