confirmed working NPTL revision?

Carmelo AMOROSO carmelo.amoroso at st.com
Mon Sep 15 15:57:37 UTC 2008


Rob Landley wrote:
> On Thursday 28 August 2008 09:25:32 Carmelo AMOROSO wrote:
>> Looking at what we have into the nptl branch is useful.
>> Walk trough ldso directory and look for USE_TLS to see where you should
>> put your hands to add TLS support. Working code is a good guide.
>> Feel free to ask for explanation whenever you want... if we can/know, we
>> can help.
>> Volunteers are always welcome.
> 
> Has there been any follow-up on this?
> 
No that I'm aware of.
> I'm interested in this, because I'm trying to build Linux From Scratch 6.3 
> under the upcoming Firmware Linux 0.9.1, which means I'm trying to build 
> glibc under uClibc.  And current versions of glibc won't even cross compile 
> from a host that doesn't support TLS.  (Yeah, I know it's broken.  It's 
> maintained by the FSF.)
> 
> I can't provide a working uClibc development environment for a target and then 
> tell people "building glibc, if you want it, is your problem" if I myself 
> can't make it work.  So I need this.
> 
> I note that the original paper on TLS is:
> 
>   http://people.redhat.com/drepper/tls.pdf
> 
> Which might help...
> 
This is what I used for adding TLS/sh4 relocation support on ld.so (nptl 
branch)
> Rob
> 
Carmelo




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