From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 20 22:35:09 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: emulation@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE72316A405 for ; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:35:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@bsam.ru) Received: from mail.kuban.ru (mail.kuban.ru [62.183.66.246]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B25A13C4DA for ; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:35:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@bsam.ru) Received: from bsam.ru ([85.172.12.8]) by mail.kuban.ru (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id l2KMQnhr047479; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:26:59 +0300 (MSK) Received: from bsam by bsam.ru with local (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1HTmlC-0000KR-NS; Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:24:54 +0300 To: Alexander Leidinger References: <20070316120038.2iizia24mc4wcw8s@webmail.leidinger.net> <22612203@srv.sem.ipt.ru> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:24:54 +0300 In-Reply-To: <22612203@srv.sem.ipt.ru> (Boris Samorodov's message of "Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:23:48 +0300") Message-ID: <79670265@bsam.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: Boris Samorodov Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, rdivacky@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.6.16 for linuxulator & 7.0 release X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:35:09 -0000 On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:23:48 +0300 Boris Samorodov wrote: > On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:00:38 +0100 Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > ATM it doesn't look like we can enable 2.6.16 by default in 7.0. The reasons: > It's a pity. > > - java showstopper (epoll not implemented) > > - futex/TLS for amd64 not in -current for testing > > - futexes not completely right > > - *at() not implemented > > - the time to test a 2.6.16 default until 7.0 shrinks fast > > Roman has some preliminary work regarding *at() and it looks good to > > him. He wants me to test some stuff but I don't have enough time in > > the next weeks because of work related stuff. Any volunteers to help > > out? > The next week I'll have an access to needed hardware and have some > (not many but...). I'm waiting for instructions. I've got a machine and some time for tests. What should I do? > > In p4 we have the futex/TLS stuff for amd64 but because of the futexes > > not completely right part it is not committed to current yet. As we > > already have the futex and TLS stuff for i386 on a similar level in > > current, I would say we should go ahead and sync the amd64 stuff. It > > is not used by default, so we don't break existing linux stuff and we > > get the benefit of more people being able to have a look at it and > > play with it. So what are your opinions, shall we give jkim@ the green > > light to MFp4 the futex/TLS stuff? > I'd vote for committing. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve