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diff --git a/open_issues/nptl.mdwn b/open_issues/nptl.mdwn index 9ff5fb51..3c84bfb0 100644 --- a/open_issues/nptl.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/nptl.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!tag open_issue_libpthread open_issue_glibc]] -IRC, #hurd, 2010-07-31 +[[!toc]] + + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2010-07-31 <tschwinge> Other question: how difficult is a NPTL port? Futexes and some kernel interfaces for scheduling stuff etc. -- what else? <youpi> actually NPTL doesn't _require_ futexes @@ -26,6 +29,21 @@ IRC, #hurd, 2010-07-31 <tschwinge> ... and even less so the interfavce that actual applications are using. <tschwinge> We'd need to evaluate which benefits NPTL would bring. + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-08-05 + + <gnu_srs> Hi, looks like kfreebsd are now using an NPTL-based pthread + library: FBTL, http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2013/07/msg00060.html + <gnu_srs> Anything of interest for porting to Hurd? See also + http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2013/08/msg00000.html + <azeem> Petr could've been more verbose in his announcements + <pinotree> and there's + http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/open_issues/nptl.html in our wiki + <azeem> well, it seems to work fine for kFreeBSD: + http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2013/07/msg00134.html + <azeem> and http://lists.debian.org/debian-bsd/2013/07/msg00138.html + + --- # Resources |