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Re: libc 5.1.2 and pthreads
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (H.J. Lu)
Thu Jun 15 14:43:53 1995
From: hjl@nynexst.com (H.J. Lu)
To: leisner@sdsp.mc.xerox.com (Marty Leisner)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 95 14:23:07 EDT
Cc: linux-gcc@vger.rutgers.edu, pthreads@MIT.EDU,
linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, sean@mcneil.ni.net
In-Reply-To: <9506151527.AA13356@gnu.mc.xerox.com>; from "Marty Leisner" at Jun 15, 95 8:27 am
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> I just got libc 5.1.2 unloaded...(along with ld.so-1.7.3)
>
> What the story now with mit pthreads support (lots of it seems
> to be in libc...) How do I compile/what do I need with MIT
> pthreads?
It is not completed yet. I haven't tested it.
>
> Also, what will have to change to have kernel based pthreads?
/usr/include/pthread/linux-kernel and libc/sysdeps/pthread/linux-kernel.
Once it is done. Everything will be automatic.
> Pthreads is something I'm very interested in. Is there any
> work underway to move pthreads into the kernel?
>
> I'm not sure I necessarily like having the MIT pthreads functions
> in libc (for all practical purposes, we can have pthreads programs do
> things with -D -L and -l ...)
>
The MIT pthreads functions are not in libc.a. They are in
libpthread.a or libMITpthread.a.
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H.J. Lu
NYNEX Science and Technology, Inc. hjl@nynexst.com
