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powerpc-rtems testers was Re: powerpc-vxworks testers needed

Joel Sherrill joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com
Tue Mar 4 15:38:00 GMT 2014 
On 3/3/2014 1:07 PM, Jerome Guitton wrote:
> Alan Modra (amodra@gmail.com):
>
>> Now, I don't have access to a powerpc-vxworks system, so this patch
>> might leave vxworks broken due to additional features being enabled.
>> For example, TLS optimisation will now occur on powerpc-vxworks, and
>> I don't have any information on how TLS is implemented on vxworks.
>> Hopefully, it follows my original ppc tls implementation in terms of
>> code and reloc sequences..  If not, I'd like to hear about problems
>> now rather than a week or so after the next binutils release.  ;)
> FWIW, I've tested this patch against our internal Ada testsuites in
> rtp/smp (the only configuration where we know that TLS would have an
> impact). No regression.
>
RTEMS has SMP support. What do we need to be on the lookout for?

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