nptl is superior to linux threads. I don't think it requires a specific kernel option. at somepoint linux threads will be removed from glibc. you may wish to enable nptlonly in the use flags so you don't have to compile glibc for both.
<br><br>here are my glibc flags.<br><br><br>[ebuild R ] sys-libs/glibc-2.3.6-r3 USE="nls nptl nptlonly userlocales -build -erandom -glibc-compat20 -glibc-omitfp -hardened -linuxthreads-tls -pic -profile" 0 kB
<br><br>If I can I'll send you info links on NPTL in a little while. but I don't remember for sure where I read up on it. check wikipedia.<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/2/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Patrick Hawkins
</b> <<a href="mailto:phawk42@gmail.com">phawk42@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">A program I'm compiling (Gentoo) requires NPTL support. I've switched
<br>NPTL on in the options, but it still won't compile. Does NPTL require<br>a kernel module, then a recompile of glibc, before I can compile my<br>program? Please let me know if I'm missing anything here. I don't want<br>
to go through the hassle of a new kernel if I can avoid it.<br><br>-Patrick<br>_______________________________________________<br>linux-user mailing list<br><a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a>
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