Re: Changes in config.param between 2.0.0 and 2.0.1

On 08/15/2002 at 03:42:49 PM ZE10, Michael Beach <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi all, I recently downloaded NGPT 2.0.1, configured it and was surprised
to
> find that it wouldn't compile. After a bit of digging around I noticed
that
> during the configuration process, 2.0.1 was making the decision
>
> decision on mctx implementation... mcsc/sc/mc
>
> whereas 2.0.0 behaved differently, giving
>
> decision on mctx implementation... sjlj/ssjlj/sas
>
> BTW, this is all on a pretty much stock SuSE 7.2 system, with the only
> significany difference being a 2.4.19 kernel with the patches required by
> NGPT applied. The configure script identifies the system as
>
> Platform: i686-suse-linux-gnu2.4glibc2.2
>

While your solution will work, we recommend that you upgrade glibc to 2.2.4
or higher.  The mcsc/sc/mc method of context switch is far superior both in
performance and reliability than the earlier method.  The 2.0.2 version of
NGPT will require use of glibc 2.2.4 or higher.

Regards,
     Bill Abt
     Senior Software Engineer
     Next Generation POSIX Threading for Linux
     IBM Cambridge, MA, USA 02142
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