IBM Advance Toolchain for PowerLinux 4.0-0 Released
A new version of the IBM Advance Toolchain for PowerLinux was released last week. In addition to the features presented in 3.0-1, this release features: Updated versions of all packages
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A new version of the IBM Advance Toolchain for PowerLinux was released last week. In addition to the features presented in 3.0-1, this release features: Updated versions of all packages
A new version of the IBM Advance Toolchain for PowerLinux was released last week. In addition to the features presented in 3.0-0, this release features: large TOC support compatibility runtime
IBM announced new systems based on the POWER7 processor. The flagship system is the big, energy-efficient, Power 795 server. It may be equipped with up to 256 4.0 GHz POWER7
IBM Advance Toolchain for PowerLinux 2.1-2 was released last week. This release fixes an issue when binaries are compiled with –noexecstack option. Note that the most recent release, IBM Advance
A new version of the IBM Advance Toolchain for PowerLinux was released last week. The new standalone Linux toolchain features the latest features and optimizations for Power systems, including the
IBM donated a big POWER7-based supercomputer to Rice University. This new system, capable of 18.8 Teraflops, will be used to study cancer, AIDS and other complex diseases in a
Support for ‘make install-headers’ feature. Early Makefile coding – adds support for ‘make install-headers’, which installs only libdfp’s headers.
Support for ‘make install’ feature. Early Makefile coding – adds support for ‘make install’, which installs the library and headers.
HowTo written by myself and Ryan S. Arnold (IBM SW Engineer) about creating change-proof function wrappers in GLIBC. You may find it here. Related stories: glibc, Linux
An article by Chakarat Skawratananond published at IBM developerWorks about how to use the IBM Advance Toolchain for PowerLinux, the project I’m currently responsible for, on POWER. You may read
One patch added to GLIBC: Support for AT_BASE_PLATFORM in LD_SHOW_AUXV A new auxv entry was introduced in kernel 2.6.27 in order to address a problem in IBM Power systems running in compatibility
One patch added to GLIBC: POWER7 Implies files and sysdeps directory structure. Creates Implies files and the sysdeps framework (for future optimizations) for the POWER7 processor. Discussion was held here. Related stories: glibc, IBM, Linux, POWER7