Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 May 2003 14:00:50 -0400 (EDT) | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] 2.5.68 FUTEX support should be optional |
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On Thu, 15 May 2003, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Ingo Oeser wrote: > > > Is this also the case, if I don't want threading at all on my > > system? Does glibc still have a seperate static library for this, > > This has nothing to do with static linking or not. > > glibc, when compiled with nptl, will always include uses of futexes. > But since there is no contention and the fast path is entirely handled > at userlevel, the actual kernel functionality is not required.
He didn't say static linking he said static library. I assume he meant a .a lib instead of a .so lib. One which has elements which are made part of the executable instead of being part of a shared library.
-- bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.
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