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

[David T. Lewis]

Thanks Esteban,

Sorry I do not know the Mac very well. Is this a file that should be added to
trunk/platforms/Mac OS/plugins/SerialPlugin? Or if it is a patch that should
go into the original unix branch, could you please send it to Ian?

Thanks,
Dave


On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 02:57:29PM +0200, Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
> 
> 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
> >> 
> > 
> > <serialplugin.tgz>