[Pkg-db-devel] Re: (MIPS|amd64)/gcc-assembly mutexes [#11575]

[Thiemo Seufer]

Clint Adams wrote:
> > > > > This is a patch for fast mutexes on MIPS & amd64 by Kurt Roeckx against
> > > 
> > > Actually, the MIPS portion appears to have a problem.  I'll let you know
> > > when we work this out.
> > 
> > I suggest you talk Thiemo Seufer
> > <seufer@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> about it.  He already knew
> > about the patch and changed it for mips.  I've CC'd him.
> 
> Thiemo, can you comment on the assembler failure at
> http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=db4.3&ver=4.3.21-6&arch=mips&stamp=1102304464&file=log&as=raw
> ?

I have a better patch for db4.1 ff, and will post it after I managed
to get the db4.1 testsuite to do a test run with it. (Currently it
hangs in the first few tests, I guess caused by tcl version problems.)

> Also, what needs to be done to make that work for mipsel as well?

Mipsel is identical to mips WRT.


Thiemo