Mark Lehrer wrote:
>
> Hello! I am just getting started with one of the MIPS embedded
> platforms, the NEC VR4122. I downloaded the kernel & ramdisk from the
> linux-vr web pages.
>
> Some of the apps I'm trying to port over use pthreads; however, the
> pthread library that is included doesn't appear to work - the process
> that tries to create a thread just waits forever until I hit ctrl-c.
>
I have worked with linux-vr before and tried to get pthread working.
The glibc v2.0.7 had several problems in terms of getting pthread
working.
> Is anyone using threads with the mips embedded platforms? If so, what
> kernel, libc, and pthreads library are you using?
>
I just found a bug in kernel yesterday. After the temporary fix, my
pthread test program seems to work. I am using glibc 2.0.6. Kernel is
v2.4 from cvs tree.
> If not, has anyone thought about what it might take to get threads to
> work?
>
I am thinking about that a lot. :-) I like to get ViewML, a web
broswer, working. It requires pthreads.
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