On 4/24/07, Rick Brown <rick.brown.3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So as long as relevant system calls do not change, it should be possible to run any threading library on any kernel?
this statement is correct ... not that i see the point of it
NPTL on 2.4?
this can be done only if you backport the features from 2.6 that were added in order to make NPTL possible ... redhat has done this, but really it's just a waste of time ... 2.4 is dead :P
pthreads on 2.6?
i really have no idea what you mean by this ... "pthreads" is short for "POSIX threads" and there's no such thing as "pthreads" with respect to a specific code base. NPTL is one implementation of the POSIX threads specification while LinuxThreads is another. -mike -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
