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Re: thread-ready ABIs

From: Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>
To: libc-hacker at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:19:00 -0800
Subject: Re: thread-ready ABIs
References: <m3elkoa5dw.fsf@myware.mynet>
Reply-to: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>


> From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
> Date: 17 Jan 2002 16:07:23 -0800

> PPC (32-bit) is known to be a problem.  I've seen several proposals as
> to what register to use but haven't seen a final decision.  Problems
> with the different PPC implementations are probably hindering this.
> Geoff, could you please make a decision?  I hope the PPC64 ABI already
> allocated a thread register.

It will be %r2 for ELF.  No register is available for AIX and I will
leave that unless someone can make a proposal.

-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> <geoffk@redhat.com>

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