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From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>
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On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:

> 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.

Sure.  BTW, I didn't know what the TLS ABI was supposed
to be for alpha.  So for now, it is the same as ia64; it
can easily be changed later once we know what it is.

-- 
Dan Eischen