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

Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.phil,gmane.linux.kernel
Organization Red Hat, Inc.
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> 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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