[Vm-dev] VM & BSDs
Holger Freyther
holger at freyther.de
Fri Jan 1 10:08:20 UTC 2016
> On 01 Jan 2016, at 11:06, Saša Janiška <gour at atmarama.com> wrote:
>
>
> Does Spur change something in regard?
I don't know yet but I assume very little has changed (maybe some new mmap
parameters).
>
>> The "bigger" issue is more the compiler being used. Less people use
>> the latest version of clang (and we already know that it 'optimizes'
>> the overflow check for certain integer operations).
>
> Does it mean that when using *BSD one has to count on building VM for
> oneself?
Right now yes. But it is not that difficult.
>> But that is not specific to BSD vs. Linux.
>
> Well, for Linux there are, at least, pre-built VMs, while I do not see
> anything for Net/OpenBSD, while FreeBSD only have some older version in
> ports?
Right, there is currently no CogVM/PharoVM port for FreeBSD.
holger
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