Subj : how to patch a 2.4 kernel to be NPTL-ready ?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Frank
Date : Fri Jun 24 2005 07:14 pm

Hello,

unfortunately I can not use kernel 2.6 for performance 
reasons (embedded box).

So I look for an way how to use a glibc with NPTL 
(native posix thread library) with an 2.4 kernel.


Found these 2 backports to add the functionality 
needed by NPTL:

  a) 2.4.21:   source package RedHat   
     rpm2cpio kernel-2.4.21-32.EL.src.rpm | cpio -t | grep nptl
        linux-2.4.20-ia64-o1-nptl.patch
        linux-2.4.20-o1-nptl.patch
        linux-2.4.20-s390-o1-nptl.patch
        linux-2.4.21-nptl-network.patch
        linux-2.4.21-ppc64-nptl.patch

  b) 2.4.22:  Red Hat,
http://people.redhat.com/mingo/nptl-patches/nptl-2.4.22-ac1-A2
    (requires "ac" patch before)


Do you know of other patches for more recent kernel ?
Any hints .. ?


Frank

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