Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261244AbTENTTG (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 15:19:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261279AbTENTTG (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 15:19:06 -0400 Received: from deviant.impure.org.uk ([195.82.120.238]:5085 "EHLO deviant.impure.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261244AbTENTTF (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 May 2003 15:19:05 -0400 Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 20:32:21 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Ulrich Drepper Cc: Christopher Hoover , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] 2.5.68 FUTEX support should be optional Message-ID: <20030514193221.GA28385@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Ulrich Drepper , Christopher Hoover , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com References: <20030513213157.A1063@heavens.murgatroid.com> <20030514071446.A2647@infradead.org> <20030514005213.A3325@heavens.murgatroid.com> <3EC296CE.9050704@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3EC296CE.9050704@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 709 Lines: 18 On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 12:19:42PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote: > If this is what is wanted (and I don't really think it's useful is a MMU > is available) you should explain the consequences in the help text. > Basically, no current and future glibc version has the slightest chance > of working. That seems to imply that the current glibc makes futexes mandatory, which surely isn't the case or we'd not be able to run with 2.4 and earlier kernels. Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/