From owner-freebsd-threads@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 18 23:42:42 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0847B37B401 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:42:42 -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 34EC143F93 for ; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:42:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.201]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6J6g5v1073002; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:42:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@piii.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: from dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6J6g5Nd046201; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:42:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net) Received: (from marcel@localhost) by dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h6J6g5cb046200; Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:42:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marcel) Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 23:42:05 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar To: Julian Elischer Message-ID: <20030719064205.GA46175@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <20030719045625.GB45759@dhcp01.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: threads@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Some more on TLS X-BeenThere: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Threading on FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 06:42:42 -0000 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