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1 files changed, 38 insertions, 81 deletions
@@ -9,23 +9,26 @@ Version 2.16 * The following bugs are resolved with this release: - 174, 350, 369, 411, 706, 766, 887, 2074, 2541, 2547, 2548, 2550, 2551, - 2552, 2553, 2554, 2562, 2563, 2565, 2566, 2570, 2576, 2636, 2678, 3335, - 3440, 3748, 3768, 3866, 3868, 3906, 3976, 3992, 4026, 4108, 4596, 4822, - 5077, 5461, 5805, 5993, 6471, 6486, 6578, 6649, 6730, 6770, 6794, 6884, - 6890, 6894, 6895, 6907, 6911, 6959, 7064, 9739, 9902, 10110, 10135, 10140, - 10153, 10210, 10254, 10346, 10545, 10716, 11174, 11322, 11365, 11451, - 11494, 11521, 11837, 11959, 12047, 12340, 13058, 13525, 13526, 13527, - 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, - 13555, 13559, 13563, 13566, 13583, 13592, 13618, 13637, 13656, 13658, - 13673, 13691, 13695, 13704, 13705, 13706, 13726, 13738, 13739, 13758, - 13760, 13761, 13775, 13786, 13787, 13792, 13806, 13824, 13840, 13841, - 13844, 13846, 13851, 13852, 13854, 13871, 13872, 13873, 13879, 13883, - 13884, 13885, 13886, 13892, 13895, 13908, 13910, 13911, 13912, 13913, - 13914, 13915, 13916, 13917, 13918, 13919, 13920, 13921, 13922, 13923, - 13924, 13926, 13927, 13928, 13938, 13941, 13942, 13954, 13955, 13956, - 13963, 13967, 13970, 13973, 13979, 13983, 14012, 14027, 14033, 14034, - 14040, 14049, 14053, 14055, 14064, 14080, 14083 + 174, 208, 350, 369, 411, 706, 766, 887, 2074, 2541, 2547, 2548, 2550, + 2551, 2552, 2553, 2554, 2562, 2563, 2565, 2566, 2570, 2576, 2636, 2678, + 3335, 3440, 3748, 3768, 3866, 3868, 3906, 3976, 3992, 4026, 4108, 4596, + 4822, 5077, 5461, 5805, 5993, 6471, 6486, 6578, 6649, 6730, 6770, 6794, + 6884, 6890, 6894, 6895, 6907, 6911, 6959, 7064, 9739, 9902, 10110, 10135, + 10140, 10153, 10210, 10254, 10346, 10375, 10545, 10716, 10846, 11174, + 11322, 11365, 11451, 11494, 11521, 11677, 11837, 11959, 12047, 12097, + 12193, 12297, 12298, 12301, 12340, 12354, 12416, 12495, 13058, 13361, + 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, 13547, + 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13556, 13559, 13563, 13566, 13576, 13583, + 13592, 13594, 13613, 13618, 13637, 13656, 13658, 13673, 13691, 13695, + 13704, 13705, 13706, 13726, 13738, 13739, 13750, 13758, 13760, 13761, + 13775, 13786, 13787, 13792, 13806, 13824, 13840, 13841, 13844, 13846, + 13851, 13852, 13854, 13871, 13872, 13873, 13879, 13883, 13884, 13885, + 13886, 13892, 13895, 13908, 13910, 13911, 13912, 13913, 13914, 13915, + 13916, 13917, 13918, 13919, 13920, 13921, 13922, 13923, 13924, 13926, + 13927, 13928, 13938, 13941, 13942, 13954, 13955, 13956, 13963, 13967, + 13968, 13970, 13973, 13979, 13983, 13986, 14012, 14027, 14033, 14034, + 14036, 14040, 14043, 14044, 14049, 14053, 14055, 14059, 14064, 14080, + 14083, 14103, 14104, 14109, 14122, 14123, 14153 * ISO C11 support: @@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ Version 2.16 Implemented by Ulrich Drepper. -* Support for the IA-64 is removed and could live in ports. +* Support for the IA-64 has been moved to ports. * Remove support for anything but ELF binary format @@ -63,6 +66,22 @@ Version 2.16 version 2.14. This option will be removed at some time in the future after the TI-RPC library becomes fully sufficient for the needs of existing applications. + +* Compatibility code for Linux kernel versions before 2.4 has been removed. + Note that glibc is not expected to work with any Linux kernel version + before 2.6. + +* New header <sys/auxv.h> and function getauxval allowing easy access to + the AT_* key-value pairs passed from the Linux kernel. The header also + defines the HWCAP_* bits associated with the AT_HWCAP key. + +* New locales: mag_IN + +* New configure option --enable-systemtap builds SystemTap static probes + into libc for setjmp and longjmp and into libpthread for various operations. + So far the setjmp/longjmp probes and some of the libpthread probes are + provided only for i*86 and x86_64. + Implemented by Roland McGrath and Rayson Ho. Version 2.15 @@ -425,7 +444,7 @@ Version 2.8 Implemented by Ulrich Drepper. * Faster sqrt and sqrtf implemention for some PPC variants. - Implemented by Stephen Munroe. + Implemented by Steven Munroe. Version 2.7 @@ -989,68 +1008,6 @@ Version 2.2 Masahide Washizawa. * IA-64 port by Jes Sorensen and HJ Lu. - -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Compiling the GNU C Library for Linux/ia64 -****************************************** - - Please refer to the file INSTALL in the same directory as you found -this file for general information about configuring and compiling -glibc. - - For general inquiries about glibc under Linux/ia64 please use the -following mailing list linux-ia64@linuxia64.org or one of the relevant -glibc mailing lists. - -Recommended Tools for Compilation -================================= - - In order for glibc-2.2 to build correctly on the ia64 you need at -least the following versions of the GNU tools (the : - - * The Cygnus toolchain snapshot for the ia64 as of August 4 - including the provided set of patches. It is however recommend - you use the October 24 toolchain snapshot or a more recent version. - - OR alternatively you can try the following (the Cygnus toolchain is - the recommended solution): - - * GCC and binutils, GAS and GNU LD out of CVS from - sources.redhat.com as of August 28, 2000 or later. The CVS tree - may require special patches to work properly on the ia64. - -Configuring and compiling GNU Libc for Linux/ia64 -================================================= - - The library requires Linux kernel version 2.4.0-test4-000728 or -later to funtion properly. Besides that it support for debug libraries -is currently untested. Hence the following options -are required for configuring the library: - - --disable-debug --enable-kernel=2.4.0 - - It is also important that you make sure the library picks up the -appropriate kernel header files, if you do not have recent enough -kernel headers in /usr/src/linux/include, you should use the ---with-headers=<path> option to specify the location. - - As an example I personally use the following options to configure -the library: - - --disable-debug - --disable-cvs - --enable-kernel=2.4.0 - --host=ia64-linux - --enable-add-ons=yes - --prefix=/usr - --with-headers=/home/jes/linux/include - - -Good luck - -Jes Sorensen <jes@linuxcare.com>, -November 14th, 2000 -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Version 2.1.3 |