Problems compiling vm on Ubuntu AMD64

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Thu Apr 20 01:38:41 UTC 2006


On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 02:10:53PM -0500, Jimmie Houchin wrote:
> Damien Cassou wrote:
> > Jimmie Houchin a écrit :
> >> I've been attempting to compile a svn co of the Squeak VM on Ubuntu
> >> Dapper Drake AMD64.
> > 
> > Did you read that page:
> > 
> > http://www.squeakvm.org/squeak64/
> 
> Yes, many times. And I've also successfully compiled based on those 
> instruction back in 2004. But I was also running Gentoo back then.
> 
> Alas, I'm not a C programmer.
> Do you have a 32bit VM for Dapper? With OSProcess plugin built?
> 
> I know there has been talk about Squeak for Dapper MOTU. I would like to 
> encourage who ever does such to please build the OSProcess plugin for 
> inclusion.

I have built 64-bit VMs on Linux with the OSProcess plugin. The
XDisplayControlPlugin and AioPlugin (which are also useful with
OSProcess) will also compile cleanly on 64-bit Linux, and work for
both 32 bit images and 64-bit images.  Many other plugins have
not yet been updated for 64-bit VM and images, but this is just a
small matter of getting the work done.

The web page at http//www.squeakvm.org/squeak64/ is rather out of
date, but gives good general direction. One not-so-obvious issue
is that the 64-bit reference image on that site will no longer
work with 64-bit VMs built from up to date sources.  The image
needs to be re-traced by some kind soul with access to a Macintosh
(or other big endian) machine. I was able to make a 64-bit image
using a hacked up VM purpose-built for this, but I'm afraid I don't
entirely recall how I did it.

Is there anybody out there with a Macintosh who might care to
trace a new 64-bit image to make this process less intimidating
for 64-bit wannabees?

Dave




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