begin quote On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 09:46:00 +0100 Peter Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All, > > I would like to try out the NPTL thread package with Gentoo, but I > have > some questions :- > > 1. Anyone know of a NPTL FAQ ? I think google has a few... > 2. From the forums, it looks like I need 2.5 or 2.6 kernel. Is > this right ? I thought redhat 9 was using 2.4 with NPTL Correct. You'll need 2.6. then rebuild glibc with nptl in USE. (I think the right glibc version is hard masked too, just to make it even more exciting) Reason, I think RedHat has two different Glibc compiles in their pacckage, one for kernels with nptl and one for others. Their 2.4 kernel is also patched with nptl support. > 3. I also use a couple of other kenerl patches - notably win4lin. > Anyone know if this will work with 2.6 ? Doubtly. :/ //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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