[Vm-dev] Re: [squeak-dev] Problem with SerialPort and Cog

[Esteban Lorenzano]

told you... we make it work for mac, with same sources as linux (just a couple of small changes)

On Apr 7, 2013, at 2:55 PM, "David T. Lewis" <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:

> The named serial primitives are supported on Windows and Unix, files
> from SVN trunk attached. There is no support for Mac OS, but failing
> the primitives is harmless so you can just implement it that way if
> needed. The plugin should be merged from e.g. VMMaker-dtl.314
> 
> Background is at http://bugs.squeak.org/view.php?id=7266.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 11:35:05AM +0200, Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Eliot, 
>> 
>> we solved that (for mac) in our branch:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> (we use same file for build mac and unix, see "BUILD_FOR_OSX" definition)
>> 
>> I think the old sources for windows should work (at least we didn't changed that, but didn't tested either :S)
>> 
>> cheers, 
>> Esteban
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 7, 2013, at 2:11 AM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Javier Diaz-Reinoso <javier_diaz_r at mac.com> wrote:
>>> On 03/04/2013, at 10:53, Javier Diaz-Reinoso <javier_diaz_r at MAC.COM> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> After line: p openPort: '/dev/cu.usbmodem1a21'., p in Cog is:
>>>>      SerialPort(closed, 115200 baud, 8 bits, 1 stopbits, no parity)
>>>> is closed because port is nil, in Squeak 4.2.5beta1U is:
>>>>      SerialPort(#'/dev/cu.usbmodem1a21', 115200 baud, 8 bits, 1 stopbits, no parity)
>>>> port is: '/dev/cu.usbmodem1a21'.
>>>> 
>>>> I repeated my test with a virgin copy of Squeak4.4-12327 (before I was using 4.1 and 4.3), also with other macbook pro, the same error.
>>>> 
>>> [cut...]
>>> 
>>> Well, I download the VM from www.squeakvm.org/svn/squeak/branches/Cog/ and find that primitiveSerialPortOpenByName is not defined!.
>>> 
>>> In /Tools/Squeak/VMCog/platforms/unix/plugins/SerialPlugin/sqUnixSerial.c (included in the CoreVM. xcodeproj) the function serialPortOpenByName is defined, but is not "linked" with primitiveSerialPortOpenByName so the call (in Squeak) of primOpenPortByName: fail.
>>> 
>>> Ah, right.  That's because there is no support on Mac OS or Windows.  So wen I tried adding  primitiveSerialPortOpenByName it broke the builds on Windows and Mac.  If anyone has support files for those platforms I'll try again.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> best,
>>> Eliot
>> 
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