Re: NPTL/Linux2.4/ia64

On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 11:32:23AM +0200, Simon Derr wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> As I need to run Linux with some obscure binary-only driver, that of
> course exists only for Linux 2.4, I'm wondering how well NPTL runs on
> Linux 2.4 nowadays. I read on previous posts that a backport of the
> necessary kernel bits has been in progress, but I couldn't find
> -if this backport is complete (RH9 ?)
> -if it has been done also for ia64

The RH AS 3.0 prerelease kernels have a nptl backport for ia64,
but I bet these change enough internals that your driver will fail
anyway.