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Re: bootstrap/3314: --enable-threads does not seem to be working for HP-UX 11.00
- From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc at mediaone dot net>
- To: ljrittle at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Cc: gcc-prs at gcc dot gnu dot org,
- Date: 15 Jan 2002 03:16:02 -0000
- Subject: Re: bootstrap/3314: --enable-threads does not seem to be working for HP-UX 11.00
- Reply-to: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc at mediaone dot net>
The following reply was made to PR bootstrap/3314; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@mediaone.net>
To: gcc-gnats@gcc.gnu.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: bootstrap/3314: --enable-threads does not seem to be working for HP-UX 11.00
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:09:32 -0500
On Sat, Jan 05, 2002 at 02:59:26AM -0500, John David Anglin wrote:
> > I am looking at different PR's in GCC GNATS, and I was
> > wondering if you had any ideas as to this one:
> >
> > http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view&database=gcc&pr=3314
> >
> > Do you have any idea as to what the correct config.gcc
> > entry for hpux11 would be for --enable-threads?
>
> Hpux 11 supports posix and optionally dce threads. The best choice is
> posix unless backward compatibility is required.
>
> However, simply adding this to config.gcc is not sufficient to get
> posix or dce threads working under hpux 11. That's why thread
> support is commented out in config.gcc. A few months ago, Rodney
> Brown developed a patch for the backend which went some distance
> towards getting threads working under hpux 11. You may be able
> to find this patch in the mail archives.
>
> Under hpux 10.X, a multilib implementation was used for single and
> dce threads. This configuration isn't ideal and no decision has
> been made as to what implementation to use for hpux 11. It may
> differ for 32 and 64 bits.
>
> In summary, threads are not supported yet under hpux 11. Possibly,
> this could be noted in the installation notes.
>
> Dave
> --
> J. David Anglin dave.anglin@nrc.ca
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