Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:42:05 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: threads@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Some more on TLS Message-ID: <20030719064205.GA46175@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0307182303470.87910-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> References: <20030719045625.GB45759@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0307182303470.87910-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 11:05:16PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > > Gang, > > > > A quick test with our in-tree bits revealed: > > > > o There's no compiler support for TLS on sparc64. > That's not a problem yet.. I just noticed that alpha also doesn't have TLS support. The compiler does not complain when it encounters the __thread keyword, but the access sequences for both static and dynamic TLS are no different from access sequences for (regular) global data. > > o There's no assembler support for TLS on i386 and amd64. > > > > that's a bummer.. Who is the 'gas' person? obrien@ > I don't think our assembler has been updated for ages.. It's probably a good idea to upgrade binutils for other reasons as well. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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