Re: LinuxThreads and NPTL
Robert Love <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 13:41, A.J. Blanchard wrote: > 1) Does the venerable old LinuxThreads co-exist with NPTL in the caned RH-9? Yes. Use LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 <...> to use it. > 2) By default, am I using NPTL on RH-9? Yes. > 3) I have seen that Glibc "contains" NPTL. How does this translate to the > libpthread.so? Wrappers or extensions or ...? libpthread.so uses the right library as needed, just like libc.so can dynamically use different functions depending on the kernel. No wrappers are used. > BTW, if I have overlooked some obvious FAQ, smite me and let me know. Well, the first two were in the RH9 relnotes... Robert Love