Re: pThreads & pTrace (WAS: Re: [Maxlinux-devel] Gestation archives are complete (finally))

[Michael L. <inc...@my...>]

Kelledin,

As you know 2.6 will be a while in coming, so let's add NGPT to our
distro, remember we want to be somewhat distinct from other distros, and
I think that NGPT will do that for us...I don't know of any other that is
using NGPT.  I am still looking for the programmer myself, so far no luck
as well.  By the way, just out of morbid curiousity -- and yes I know
'Curiousity killed that cat, but the cat came back the very next day, the
cat came back I thought he was a goner -- where are you from, because you
have such a cool name, sounds like something out of a fantasy novel?!


Michael



On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 18:26:42 -0600, "Kelledin"
<kel...@sk...> said:
> On Thursday 20 March 2003 04:54 pm, Michael Lauzon wrote:
> > You were talking about using pThreads -- if I remember
> > correctly in our Linux distro -- I wonder if this is still the
> > case.  Also, I noticed that Slackware is using the 2.4.20
> > kernel pacthed with pTrace...I am also wondering if pTrace &
> > pThreads are related.  Also, have you found a person who can
> > program our installation interface yet?
> 
> I was considering IBM's NextGen POSIX Threads (NGPT) a while 
> back.  Supposed to be fully POSIX-compliant and more scalable 
> than the default LinuxThreads.  Come kernel 2.6, though, that's 
> liable to be superseded and outclassed by New POSIX Threading 
> Library (NPTL).  So I think we'll stick with the default 
> LinuxThreads until the threading scene settles down...
> 
> The ptrace patch is a recent patch for a kernel security vuln 
> discovered a few days ago; AFAIK it's a debugger-oriented 
> mechanism that has nothing to do with extra threading 
> functionality.  It's due to go into Gestation as soon as I get a 
> chance, because it _is_ a security vuln, after all. ;)
> 
> As for the installation interface coder...no luck yet. :(  Still 
> scoping around a bit.  If my current plans gel properly, I'll 
> have a lot more time on my hands, so I might just take up that 
> task myself.
> 
> -- 
> Kelledin
> "If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does 
> it still cost four figures to fix?"
> 
> 

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