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Date:      Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:08:58 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To:        deischen@freebsd.org
Cc:        alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] libpthread support
Message-ID:  <20030808020858.GA2011@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10308072125080.9536-100000@pcnet5.pcnet.com>
References:  <20030808012317.GA1835@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <Pine.GSO.4.10.10308072125080.9536-100000@pcnet5.pcnet.com>

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On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 09:31:12PM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Aug 07, 2003 at 08:38:30PM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote:
> > > I've got some preliminary patches to add alpha support to libpthread:
> > 
> > I'll boot-up my alpha and play with it a bit...
> 
> Don't you have enought to do with ia64!  Not that I mind... :-)

I've got plenty to do, but as long as I'm focused on KSE/ia64,
I might as well exercise the knowledge with KSE/alpha. Besides,
I need the distractions to keep enough distance from ia64
problems. It helps keep a clear mind and avoids getting stuck.

> > >     http://people.freebsd.org/~deischen/kse/libc.diffs.alpha
> > 
> > Can we merge the functionality of signalcontext() and makecontext()?
> 
> I know; they're so close.  Perhaps they can both call the same
> function with slightly different arguments.  I do like the
> cleaner implementation of signalcontext() though, i.e., the
> part about not having to a separate _ctx_start.S.

Me too. Ok, let's not worry about it too much. People can always
tune and tweak once it's working.

-- 
 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net



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