[squeak-dev] Re: [4.2] tests status

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Mon Dec 27 00:13:27 UTC 2010


On 12/27/2010 1:10 AM, Matthew Fulmer wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 2:01 PM, David T. Lewis<lewis at mail.msen.com>  wrote:
>> The FloatMathPlugin will crash the VM on some platforms when compiled with
>> gcc -O2 optimization (which would be the normal case).
>>
>> Given the large installed base of VMs that are likely to have this concern,
>> it may be better to save the FloatMathPlugin fixes for the update stream
>> rather than including them in the official 4.2 release.
>
> This is fine for Cobalt. We ship our own VMs. Currently I'm using
> eliot's precompiled cog VMs as the Cobalt VM's, so, as long as the VM
> we ship has a working FloatMathPlugin, we're good.
>
> Where is FloatConsistencyTest, so I can validate my image? it's not in my image

If you update trunk to the latest you'll find an adaptation of 
CroquetVMTests under the name of FloatConsistencyTest.

Cheers,
   - Andreas



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