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Re: What does the TLS means in /lib/tls directory
- From: Dwayne Grant McConnell <dgm69 at us dot ibm dot com>
- To: Gavin Li <gavinl at optech dot ca>
- Cc: libc-alpha at gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 09:33:09 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)
- Subject: Re: What does the TLS means in /lib/tls directory
- References: <11E3973D1E78D311A5B400508B4A70CE02982479@COMSRVR>
On Wed, 10 Aug 2005, Gavin Li wrote:
> After installed RHFC, I got /lib/libc-2.3.2 and /lib/tls/libc-2.3.2
> /lib/tls/386/libc-2.3.2, What is this TLS means? I assume /lib/tls/386/libc
> is used for i386 PC, but when I copied these files to my target system /lib,
> they don't work.
TLS = Thread Local Storage
See http://people.redhat.com/drepper/tls.pdf for some info.
See http://people.redhat.com/drepper/assumekernel.html for some info
describing /lib versus /lib/tls.
> BTW, Does anyone know how can I only install RHFC3 for i386, not for PII?
I believe RHFC questions would belong on a RHFC mailing list.
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Dwayne Grant McConnell <dgm69@us.ibm.com>
Lotus Notes: Dwayne McConnell/Austin/IBM@IBMUS