Status of uClibc NPTL support [READ THIS]

[Nitin Gupta]

Hello Steve,

Is there any update on this front? I hope broadcom makes the payment 
soon, so that everyone can use your code :)

Cheers,
Nitin G

sjhill at realitydiluted.com wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> Due to the fact that CodeSourcery has been contracted by Montavista
> to do the ARM NPTL port for uClibc and that ST Microelectronics is
> working on the SH4 NPTL port, with STM not telling anyone. I felt it
> necessary to provide a status update of the uClibc NPTL branch.
>
> 1) I have approximately 10K lines of patches outstanding that have
>    NOT been checked into the branch. The patches include all of the
>    code necessary to make the dynamic loader work, threads as well
>    as other bits for TLS support. The code will be checked in as
>    soon as Broadcom pays me.
>
> 2) No NPTL changes will be allowed into mainline, only on the branch.
>    Even if you have write access to the Subversion repositories, you
>    may not commit any code to the branch. If you have patches, you
>    can submit them to me directly and/or the mailing list. Please do
>    not create bug reports in the bug database. In the subject line
>    of your email please put '[PATCH NPTL]' at the beginning.
>
> 3) A lot of merging will have to take place to get NPTL into the
>    mainline. Currently, the NPTL branch cannot compile any of the
>    linuxthreads code.
>
> For those of you fortunate enough to attend OLS, I will be presenting
> a paper on the uClibc NPTL port as well as future work and benchmarks.
> If you have questions, please feel free to email me. Thanks.
>
> -Steve
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