diff -Naur ../boost_1_38_0.orig/boost/interprocess/detail/atomic.hpp boost/interprocess/detail/atomic.hpp
--- ../boost_1_38_0.orig/boost/interprocess/detail/atomic.hpp	2008-10-13 19:36:50.000000000 +0000
+++ boost/interprocess/detail/atomic.hpp	2009-04-08 10:58:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -461,6 +461,98 @@
 }  //namespace interprocess{
 }  //namespace boost{
 
+#elif defined(__IBMCPP__) && (__IBMCPP__ >= 800) && defined(_AIX)
+
+#include <builtins.h>
+
+namespace boost {
+namespace interprocess {
+namespace detail{
+
+//first define boost::uint32_t versions of __lwarx and __stwcx to avoid poluting
+//all the functions with casts
+
+//! From XLC documenation :
+//! This function can be used with a subsequent stwcxu call to implement a
+//! read-modify-write on a specified memory location. The two functions work
+//! together to ensure that if the store is successfully performed, no other
+//! processor or mechanism can modify the target doubleword between the time
+//! lwarxu function is executed and the time the stwcxu functio ncompletes.
+//! "mem" : pointer to the object
+//! Returns the value at pointed to by mem
+inline boost::uint32_t lwarxu(volatile boost::uint32_t *mem)
+{
+	return static_cast<boost::uint32_t>(__lwarx(reinterpret_cast<volatile int*>(mem)));
+}
+
+//! "mem" : pointer to the object
+//! "val" : the value to store
+//! Returns true if the update of mem is successful and false if it is
+//!unsuccessful
+inline bool stwcxu(volatile boost::uint32_t* mem, boost::uint32_t val)
+{
+	return (__stwcx(reinterpret_cast<volatile int*>(mem), static_cast<int>(val)) != 0);
+}
+
+//! "mem": pointer to the object
+//! "val": amount to add
+//! Returns the old value pointed to by mem
+inline boost::uint32_t atomic_add32
+(volatile boost::uint32_t *mem, boost::uint32_t val)
+{
+    boost::uint32_t oldValue;
+    do
+    {
+        oldValue = lwarxu(mem);
+    }while (!stwcxu(mem, oldValue+val));
+    return oldValue;
+}
+
+//! Atomically increment an apr_uint32_t by 1
+//! "mem": pointer to the object
+//! Returns the old value pointed to by mem
+inline boost::uint32_t atomic_inc32(volatile boost::uint32_t *mem)
+{  return atomic_add32(mem, 1);  }
+
+//! Atomically decrement an boost::uint32_t by 1
+//! "mem": pointer to the atomic value
+//! Returns the old value pointed to by mem
+inline boost::uint32_t atomic_dec32(volatile boost::uint32_t *mem)
+{  return atomic_add32(mem, (boost::uint32_t)-1);   }
+
+//! Atomically read an boost::uint32_t from memory
+inline boost::uint32_t atomic_read32(volatile boost::uint32_t *mem)
+{  return *mem;   }
+
+//! Compare an boost::uint32_t's value with "cmp".
+//! If they are the same swap the value with "with"
+//! "mem": pointer to the value
+//! "with" what to swap it with
+//! "cmp": the value to compare it to
+//! Returns the old value of *mem
+inline boost::uint32_t atomic_cas32
+(volatile boost::uint32_t *mem, boost::uint32_t with, boost::uint32_t cmp)
+{
+    boost::uint32_t oldValue;
+    boost::uint32_t valueToStore;
+    do
+    {
+        oldValue = lwarxu(mem);
+    } while (!stwcxu(mem, (oldValue == with) ? cmp : oldValue));
+
+    return oldValue;
+}
+
+//! Atomically set an boost::uint32_t in memory
+//! "mem": pointer to the object
+//! "param": val value that the object will assume
+inline void atomic_write32(volatile boost::uint32_t *mem, boost::uint32_t val)
+{  *mem = val; }
+
+}  //namespace detail
+}  //namespace interprocess
+}  //namespace boost
+
 #else
 
 #error No atomic operations implemented for this platform, sorry!
diff -Naur ../boost_1_38_0.orig/boost/interprocess/detail/os_thread_functions.hpp boost/interprocess/detail/os_thread_functions.hpp
--- ../boost_1_38_0.orig/boost/interprocess/detail/os_thread_functions.hpp	2008-12-20 19:50:13.000000000 +0000
+++ boost/interprocess/detail/os_thread_functions.hpp	2009-04-08 11:03:14.000000000 +0000
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 }
 
 inline bool equal_thread_id(OS_thread_id_t id1, OS_thread_id_t id2)
-{  return 0 != ::pthread_equal(id1, id2);  }
+{  return 0 != pthread_equal(id1, id2);  }
 
 inline void thread_yield()
 {  ::sched_yield();  }
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
 inline bool equal_systemwide_thread_id(const OS_systemwide_thread_id_t &id1, const OS_systemwide_thread_id_t &id2)
 {
-   return (0 != ::pthread_equal(id1.tid, id2.tid)) && (id1.pid == id2.pid);
+   return (0 != pthread_equal(id1.tid, id2.tid)) && (id1.pid == id2.pid);
 }
 
 inline OS_systemwide_thread_id_t get_invalid_systemwide_thread_id()