1 Now that the Linux kernel is once again able to run all the tests we
2 have and since glibc 2.3 was released it was time for a new code drop.
3 I've uploaded the second code drop for the Native POSIX Thread
6 ftp://people.redhat.com/drepper/nptl/nptl-0.2.tar.bz2
10 - the latest of Linus' kernel from BitKeeper (or 2.5.41 when it
15 - the very latest in tools such as
17 + gcc either from the current development branch or the gcc 3.2
20 + binutils preferrably from CVS, from H.J. Lu's latest release for
24 Compiling glibc should proceed smoothly. But there are a number of
25 tests which fail, mostly because some functionality is missing in
26 glibc. Ignore those errors. It is only important that all tests in
27 nptl/ are passing. Run
29 make subdirs=nptl check
31 to run all thread tests.
34 This version features several improvements:
36 - all APIs are now implemented;
38 - fork handling has been improved; stacks in the child are freed;
39 atfork handlers are removed if they were registered from a module
42 - pthread_tryjoin_np and pthread_timedjoin_np are implemented
44 - TSD handling corrected and optimized.
46 - many more tests which also test the underlying kernel implementation.
48 - the build infrastructure has been implemented so that the DSO and
49 archives are built in usable form and with correct named.
51 - libthread_db has been implemented. This is the library which is
52 needed by all program which need to get access to internals of
53 libpthread (mainly debuggers).
55 - the CPU clock functions are implemented
59 The white paper hasn't yet been updated. It's still available at
61 http://people.redhat.com/drepper/nptl-design.pdf
64 This release should be ready for some serious testing. I know it is
65 hard to compile which I why I'm looking into providing binary RPMs.
66 They can be used on non-critical systems. I'll only be able to
67 provide binaries for RHL8 based systems, though, and the kernel still
68 must be installed separately.
71 The next steps will include:
73 - write more tests and fix the bugs which are discovered this way
75 - update the white paper
77 - write and run more performance tests
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