<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style='font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;'><div>Hi Eliot,<br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"></div></div><br><blockquote style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; padding-top: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Hi Tim,<div><br></div><div> how about adding that advice to build.linux32x86/HowToBuild?</div></div></div></div></blockquote> <br><div><br></div><div>Where do you want it in that file? </div><div><br></div><div>The table of contents of the HowToBuild file looks like this-></div><div><br></div><div></div><br><blockquote style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; padding-top: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"><div><div>How To Build On Linux<br>---------------------<br><br><br>Contents:<br> - Overview<br> - Checking out sources to build out-of-the-box<br> - Building out of the box<br> - Building the Bochs Support Libraries<br> - Compiling in 32-bit mode on a 64-bit linux<br> - How to configure and build a VM on Unix<br> - Testing an external plugin has completely linked<br> - Optimization level and gcc version (please read!)<br> - Installing support libraries</div></div></blockquote> <br><div>the -"How to configure and build a VM on Unix" does go into some detail so the information <strong>is</strong> there it is just that one has to think a bit.</div><div><br></div><div>Would a '-For the impatient' or '-Terse guide' section be helpful?</div><div><br></div><div></div><br><blockquote style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; padding-top: 7px; padding-right: 7px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 7px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"><div><div>>cd [language].[vm].[memory model] (e.g. cd squeak.cog.v3)</div><div>>cd build[.*] (cd to your desired build type.)</div><div>>cat mvm (study this)</div></div></blockquote><p><br></p><div> cordially,<br></div><div><br></div><div>tty</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br></div></body></html>