[gentoo-dev] glibc and java problem

[gentoo-dev] glibc and java problem

[Naresh Donti]

When glic is compiled with --enable-kernels=2.4.0, it enables a feature 
called floating stacks to improve performance. Frankly I do not know what 
floating stacks are, and would not really have cared, but for the fact that 
IBM's jdk did not work on rc5 because it makes some wrong assumptions about 
something related to the floating stacks. Sun's jdk1.3.1 is supposed to have 
fixed this, but I really want to use IBM's JDK. I think this will be fixed 
in the next few releases of the JDK, but in the mean time this does not 
allow me to use gentoo as my primary desktop.


I tried slackware-current from a week ago (Essentially Slackware-8.0 which 
was released a couple of days ago) and everython ran smoothly, with nary a 
hiccup.

The following url has some more stuff. (might need an account with Sun's 
developer connection)
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4415774.html
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Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc and java problem

[Daniel Robbins]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 12:52:45AM -0000, Naresh Donti wrote:
> When glic is compiled with --enable-kernels=2.4.0, it enables a feature 
> called floating stacks to improve performance. Frankly I do not know what 
> floating stacks are, and would not really have cared, but for the fact that 
> IBM's jdk did not work on rc5 because it makes some wrong assumptions about 
> something related to the floating stacks. Sun's jdk1.3.1 is supposed to have 
> fixed this, but I really want to use IBM's JDK. I think this will be fixed 
> in the next few releases of the JDK, but in the mean time this does not 
> allow me to use gentoo as my primary desktop.

I just upgraded my system to use a new glibc without --enable-kernels=2.4.0 and
Sun's JDK is now working for me instead of segfaulting.  I have this glibc in
a .tbz2 package; it is compiled for the i686 architecture.  If you have a P6 core,
let me know and I'll send it to you.

I think we should include this kernel with 1.0_rc6, since Java compatibility is
important.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc and java problem

[Daniel Robbins]

On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 06:33:00PM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 12:52:45AM -0000, Naresh Donti wrote:
> > When glic is compiled with --enable-kernels=2.4.0, it enables a feature 
> > called floating stacks to improve performance. Frankly I do not know what 
> > floating stacks are, and would not really have cared, but for the fact that 
> > IBM's jdk did not work on rc5 because it makes some wrong assumptions about 
> > something related to the floating stacks. Sun's jdk1.3.1 is supposed to have 
> > fixed this, but I really want to use IBM's JDK. I think this will be fixed 
> > in the next few releases of the JDK, but in the mean time this does not 
> > allow me to use gentoo as my primary desktop.
> 
> I just upgraded my system to use a new glibc without --enable-kernels=2.4.0 and
> Sun's JDK is now working for me instead of segfaulting.  I have this glibc in
> a .tbz2 package; it is compiled for the i686 architecture.  If you have a P6 core,
> let me know and I'll send it to you.
> 
> I think we should include this kernel with 1.0_rc6, since Java compatibility is
> important.

The IBM JDK is working great over here with the glibc fix.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.			

Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc and java problem

[Naresh Donti]

This is perfect.  Gentoo will be my primary desktop now.  I am going to 
attempt to build everything from scratch. Is this committed and available 
for emerge rsync?  I am going to try to do this tomorrow.

Thank you


>From: Daniel Robbins Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org To: 
>gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc and java problem 
>Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 19:43:08 -0600
>
>On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 06:33:00PM -0600, Daniel Robbins wrote: > On Tue, 
>Jul 03, 2001 at 12:52:45AM -0000, Naresh Donti wrote: > > When glic is 
>compiled with --enable-kernels=2.4.0, it enables a feature > > called 
>floating stacks to improve performance. Frankly I do not know what > > 
>floating stacks are, and would not really have cared, but for the fact that 
> > > IBM's jdk did not work on rc5 because it makes some wrong assumptions 
>about > > something related to the floating stacks. Sun's jdk1.3.1 is 
>supposed to have > > fixed this, but I really want to use IBM's JDK. I 
>think this will be fixed > > in the next few releases of the JDK, but in 
>the mean time this does not > > allow me to use gentoo as my primary 
>desktop. > > I just upgraded my system to use a new glibc without 
>--enable-kernels=2.4.0 and > Sun's JDK is now working for me instead of 
>segfaulting. I have this glibc in > a .tbz2 package; it is compiled for the 
>i686 architecture. If you have a P6 core, > let me know and I'll send it to 
>you. > > I think we should include this kernel with 1.0_rc6, since Java 
>compatibility is > important.
>
>The IBM JDK is working great over here with the glibc fix.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>--
>Daniel Robbins President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org Gentoo Technologies, 
>Inc.
>
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Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc and java problem

[Daniel Robbins]

On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 03:09:14AM -0000, Naresh Donti wrote:
> This is perfect.  Gentoo will be my primary desktop now.  I am going to 
> attempt to build everything from scratch. Is this committed and available 
> for emerge rsync?  I am going to try to do this tomorrow.
> 
> Thank you

You're welcome.

The file you want is glibc-2.2.3-r3.  Make sure you use that one and not any
other.  If you build from scratch, be sure to use the
/usr/portage/files/bootstrap-20010706.packages file to bootstrap your system.
This new bootstrap file points to the new glibc I just added.

Everything you need will be on rsync in 35 minutes, so if you try this tomorrow
you'll be all set.

Best Regards,

-- 
Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.