[Vm-dev] Re: [Pharo-dev] Status of Pharo VM for FreeBSD

[Eliot Miranda]

HI Andreas,

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Andreas Wacknitz <a.wacknitz at gmx.de> wrote:

>
> Hi Clement,
>
> Am 11.03.2015 um 09:23 schrieb Clément Bera <bera.clement at gmail.com>:
>
> Hello,
>
> About the FreeBSD VM, Holger Freyther worked on it so he's the best person
> to answer. I think some people used it and it was at least partially
> working.
>
> That’s my impression. The VMMaker contains some FreeBSD classes but I have
> the impression that they are not complete (and probably outdated).
>
>
> About your NativeBoost bug on openSolaris,  need more information:
>
> - Can you confirm that you use an intel processor on your openSolaris
> machine ? I assume that yes but I ask because solaris were typically
> running on other processors. NativeBoost, as of today, works only with
> intel processor.
>
> Yes, my Sun Ultra 24 is an Intel based Workstation (Q9300).
>
> - Do you build the Cog VM or Stack VM ? I mean PharoVMBuild or
> PharoSVMBuild ? I think the PharoSVMBuild does not include NativeBoost by
> default, that may be your problem. There's a fix somewhere...
>
> PharoVM from "branch 'master' of https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm" (thus
> Cog VM).
>

I would like to fold back any changes into the svn master repository for
Cog.   What are the diffs?  (If you have time to send me the diffs that
would save me a lot of time).

- What are you doing with NativeBoost ? Is it FFI only or are you
> generating and executing hand-written machine code ? If it's FFI only,
> there might be alternative available working more or less out of the box.
>
> The Pharo image is using NativeBoost. If I open a File Browser on a
> network share (NFS) it tries to resolve environment variables (eg. HOME) by
> means of NativeBoost.
>
> Regards
> Andreas
>
> Best,
>
> Clement
>
>
>
>
> 2015-03-10 20:26 GMT+01:00 Andreas Wacknitz <a.wacknitz at gmx.de>:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I have a question regarding the status of the PharoVM for UNIX operating
>> systems, especially FreeBSD.
>> As far as I have seen in the actual sources there is some support for
>> FreeBSD available but for me it’s not clear whether it’s only partial or
>> complete.
>> For me it looks more partial (eg. there are no build instructions for
>> FreeBSD and the default offers are only Mac, Linux and Windows),
>> I haven’t tried to build it yet but I am thinking about to do that and
>> want to get an idea about the efforts.
>>
>> I have successfully build a PharoVM for openindiana (an OpenSolaris
>> derivate). It runs both Pharo and Squeak images (at least partially, see
>> below).
>> I bootstrapped this on my Mac and used what was already available low
>> level.
>> Alas it has two problems until now:
>>         1. Sound is not working properly (just a single click when doing
>> some sound output and then silence).
>>         2. NativeBoost is not working (atm it is based on the Linux
>> version of NativeBoost).
>>
>> As my time is very limited (doing everything in my spare time) I would
>> like to get NativeBoost working on openindiana first, and then trying to
>> build an
>> actual PharoVM for FreeBSD. Therefore the question regarding the status
>> of PharoVM for FreeBSD.
>> Of course any hints where to start with the NativeBoost problem would be
>> highly appreciated :)
>>
>> Regards
>> Andreas
>>
>
>
>
>


-- 
best,
Eliot
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