Re: NGPT with 2.4.20

I've taken the approach of installing ngpt to a different location to avoid
blowing away the existing LinuxThreads installation.  I'm depending on ngpt
only for one application, so that application will load the libpthread from
ngpt, and all other applications will continue to use the original
libpthread.

Regards,

Nate Falk
RS/6000 SP Workload Management/LoadLeveler
845-433-8162 (T/L: 293-8162)



                                                                                                                                               
                      "Philipp"                                                                                                                
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Good Afternoon,


today i searched the Mailinglist Archive for Information
about NGPT with linux 2.4.20 because i couldnt find
the appropriate path.
i found some mails regarding this issue and found some
advice to use 2.4.19 patch, too; but i didnt found any
mails reporting success with this solution.

is it safe to use this patch or will i have to make changes ?
i dont think i am skilled enough to do changes to the kernel
code by myself...

another question: when i install ngpt it will overwrite my old
threating library, right (using debian woody at the moment)  ?

what will happen when i reboot the system with unpatched
kernel (lets say something went wrong with the new kernel
and i have to boot an old one) ? will that totally fail or will
i be able to at least restore the files ngpt replaced ?


Thank you very much,
Philipp