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[Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>]

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Sorry, I know I already replied but I thought I should clarify one point.
It should be noted, nptl uses futexes (fast userspace mutexes), which are 
only 
available in 2.6.X kernels (or redhat backported 2.4.X kernels). So testing 
nptl is only possible for 2.6.X kernel users, and you must have chosen them 
in the kernel config. 
grep FUTEX /etc/sorcery/local/kernel.config
        CONFIG_FUTEX=y
The spell I have been working on offers it as a choice only if $(uname -r) == 
2.6.* . 
I have had luck installing it directly into a running system, I am just 
finetuning the spell for reversion to the released 2.3.2 (if ever wanted). 
For nptl a snapshot of glibc cvs from 2003-12-03 is used, but for sorcery 
purposes it is called 2.3.3 (glibc devel's have already changed the version 
in the sources).
A day or two and it will be available in devel, a few good reports and I will 
integrate it into test.
Hamish

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 04:16, shivaken wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I made a new nptl test spell. Please try this.
> # Warning! Casting this on working machine is very dangerous!
>
> I tested this spell like below.
>
> 1. tar xvjf /path/to/cdrom/image.tar.bz2 (from 0.8.0pre2.iso)
>    chroot .
>    mount /proc
>    mount -t devfs none /dev
>    mount -t devpts none /dev/pts
>    exit
>    devfsd ./dev
>    chroot .
>
> 2. unpack spells (binutils-2.14.90.0.5, glibc-nptl(20031203))
>    bintuils -> /var/lib/sorcery/codex/stable/devel
>    glibc -> /var/lib/sorcery/codex/stable/libs
>
> 3. cast binutils
>
> 4. edit /etc/sorcery/local/config
>        ARCHITECTUR="i386" ->
>        ARCHITECTUR="i686"           # or something.
>    # nptl seems not to be able to build with i386.
>    # I have just tested it with i686.
>
> 5. cast glibc
>
> If you have some trouble, please mail me.
>
> --- shivaken
> ant command line front end
> antshell - www.antshell.org

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