Re: NPTL v userland v LT (RH9+custom kernel problem)

From: Arjan van de Ven (arjanv@redhat.com)
Date: Thu Aug 07 2003 - 03:49:37 EST

> So, finally getting to my question, should I even *expect* a non-NPTL
> kernel to work with the RH9 userland?

Yes, absolutely. It's a design goal of RHL to work with unpatched
kernel.org kernels.

>
> If not, is there a simple fix
> without going to NPTL, say just rebuilding glibc? hmm... now that I
> ask it I feel dumb, I do think I would need to rebuild glibc so it
> knows the kernel has LinuxThreads, not NPTL.

no need. RHL9 ships with BOTH LinuxThreads and NPTL and will switch
dynamically at runtime depending on your kernel capabilities.


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