Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.5-6 Severity: wishlist
It would be nice to some how include the following in libc6. This would currently be arch specific to x68 and x68_64. See http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/XenSpecificGlibc Xen uses segmentation to provide protection of the memory used for the hypervisor. This results in some performance issues since wrap-around segments as used by glibc need expensive extra handling. It is possible to rebuild glibc so that it only uses segments such that there is no performance penalty. To do this, you need to apply the patch below to the glibc sources and then rebuild glibc with the -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs option. Patch attached to wiki page above. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-xenU Locale: LANG=en_NZ, LC_CTYPE=en_NZ (charmap=ISO-8859-1) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
