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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