From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 19:09:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 149B937B401; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:09:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.BAYAREA.NET [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38C7D43F3F; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:08:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (athlon.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.3]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7828xwO048706; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:08:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@piii.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: from athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h7828wWe002053; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:08:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by athlon.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h7828wGH002052; Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:08:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:08:58 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: deischen@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030808020858.GA2011@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <20030808012317.GA1835@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] libpthread support X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 02:09:00 -0000 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