[Vm-dev] re: FFI callbacks
Craig Latta
craig at netjam.org
Tue Sep 15 19:29:05 UTC 2015
Hi Eliot--
> OK, so in an updated Squeak 5 release containing only Alien
>
> - the 5.0 All-in-one locks up and core dumps
> - the same VM from my site (CogSpur.app-15.27.3397.tgz
> <http://www.mirandabanda.org/files/Cog/VM/VM.r3397/CogSpur.app-
> 15.27.3397.tgz>) fails the testLongLong test but all others pass.
>
> So there's something strange about the all-in-one. I'll try and
> investigate further as time allows but perhaps you could look at the
> plugins and see whether one of them is rogue, e.g. by removing the
> external plugins one by one?
Sure, will do.
> > ...is it feasible to make FFI calls to a 64-bit C library?
>
> Not from a 32-bit executable. One can't even load a 64-bit library
> into a 32-bit executable. Building a 64-bit version of the 32-bit VM
> is possible but a lot of work (needs a 64-bit JIT). Instead I'm
> pursuing a proper all-64-bit solution.
Excellent; I'd like to help however I can.
thanks again,
-C
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