Next Generation POSIX Threads (NGPT)

• User-level library providing the POSIX threads API

• Uses a modified clone() interface

• Integrates into glibc as a LinuxThreads replacement

• NGPT 2.0.0 released June 2002

• Recommend kernels 2.4.19pre10 or better, or 2.5.8 or greater

• Unclear on future vis-à-vis glibc threads functionality