Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 22:25:57 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> Cc: "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: latest current + latest ports + nvidia == no GL (pthread problem?) Message-ID: <20040207222451.M3994@ync.qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10402072353330.26376-100000@pcnet5.pcnet.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10402072353330.26376-100000@pcnet5.pcnet.com>
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On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, Daniel Eischen wrote:
> That is an ABI spec that Linux, Solaris, and others are now following.
> It mandates how %gs is supposed to be used for TLS. We are trying to
> adhere to this spec and the goal is to be compliant with it by 5.3.
> When we support the TLS spec, the NVidia folks can rebuild their
> drivers/libraries without LDT allocations under FreeBSD. This is
> what they (NVidia) want.
If all this is true, I shall eagerly anticipate the final results.
You'll have to excuse me if I'm not optimistic however.
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