glibc and nptl support for powerpc target

[Steve Munroe]

Lapo Pasqui writes:

> Hi all,
> does anybody knows the actual state of the glibc on the powerpc?
> Particularly, is it possible to use nptl for this target?
> I've tryied to compile it (glibc 2.3.2) 

NPLT support did not make it into glibc-2.3.2 for powerpc (32/64). A lot 
of changes went into NPLT and glibc to support NPLT since glibc-2.3.2 for 
all archs. 

NPLT is supported at cvs-head (AKA glibc-2.3.3) and in the RedHat 
Enterprise Linux 3 release for both 32- and 64-bit powerpc.

Steven J. Munroe
Power Linux Toolchain Architect
IBM Corporation, Linux Technology Center