[Vm-dev] All white screen on Arm 32 with commit 71ffd3fc0eb74519e2ddd8ea4de87503e925fa16

[Bruce O'Neel]

Hi,

Wow, thanks very much!   This seems perfect!

cheers

bruce

On 2022-02-06T20:00:07.000+01:00, Eliot Miranda
<eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Bruce,
> 
>     thanks for the prompt feedback.  I think I've fixed it. 
> Alas I can't run 32-bit binaries on my mac because the Cocoa GUi no
> longer compiles under supported MacOS versions.  I should have
> checked with the simulator.  Please check commit
> a29dc4bea18c728d40f8b16dfe879642d0410d91
>     CogVM sources as per VMMaker.oscog-eem.3146
> 
>     InterpreterPrimitives: fix the 64-bit large integer support on
> 32-bit platforms.
> 
> On Sun, Feb 6, 2022 at 7:02 AM Bruce O'Neel
> <bruce.oneel at pckswarms.ch> wrote:
> 
>>   
>>  
>>  Hi all,
>>  
>>  The commit below causes an all white screen on 32 bit Squeak. 
>>  Well at least Arm 32.
>>  
>>  Thanks.
>>  
>>  bruce
>>  
>>  CogVM source as per Name: VMMaker.oscog-eem.3144
>>  
>>  Spur CoInterpreter: harmonize named and numbered primitive Spur primitive
>>  property flags. Use a common pragma, primitiveMetadata:, to mark named
>>  primitives and numbered primitives.  Mark several methods with the
>>  PrimCallOnSmalltalkStack (a.k.a. FastCPrimitiveFlag) flag, especially
>>  BoxedFloat, SmallFloat, and 64-bit LargeInteger primitives in
>>  InterpreterPrimitives.  Make sure that vmParameterAt: uses that flag, even
>>  though the other versions of primitive 254 do not.
>>  
>>  Nuke support for the old pre-Alien callbacks.  Only very old versions of
>>  two plugins use this, and it's easy to upgrade to use Alien callbacks.
>>  (missing from the Monticello commit message)
>>  
>>  Spur Cogit: Instead of setting newMethod & primitiveFunctionPointer for all
>>  primitives, only set newMethod  & primitiveFunctionPointer on failure (unless
>>  a primitive uses the PrimCallNeedsNewMethod flag).  Use a CallRT to invoke
>>  internal primitives if it spans far enough.
> 
> -- 
> 
> _,,,^..^,,,_
> 
> best, Eliot

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