On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 14:13 +0100, Dave Hatton wrote: > I would like to rebuild glibc specifically with the -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs > to allow better performance with Xen. > > I'm using Centos 4.2 x86_64 on an Athlon 3200+. I'm using the > 2.6.9-11.106.unsupported kernel for reiser support. > > My thought was to download and install the SRPM and then rpmbuild with no > changes to make sure it works before adding the above flag. > > Unfortunately, the rpmbuild hangs during tst-tls9. > > Has anyone else managed this? > > As an alternative suggestion is there a chance that a build of glibc with > this flag could be added to centosplus? > This would be very useful until this change makes it into the main stream. > > Thanks > > Daveh > Someone sent me a rebuilt glibc for 32 bit so it should be doable. Funny part is I haven't even tried it yet, the other user testing it said he had good preliminary results though. Check the xen archives if you want to track it down. Ted