[Vm-dev] VM & BSDs

[Holger Freyther]

> On 01 Jan 2016, at 11:06, Saša Janiška <gour at atmarama.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Does Spur change something in regard?

I don't know yet but I assume very little has changed (maybe some new mmap
parameters).



> 
>> The "bigger" issue is more the compiler being used. Less people use 
>> the latest version of clang (and we already know that it 'optimizes'
>> the overflow check for certain integer operations). 
> 
> Does it mean that when using *BSD one has to count on building VM for
> oneself?

Right now yes. But it is not that difficult.


>> But that is not specific to BSD vs. Linux.
> 
> Well, for Linux there are, at least, pre-built VMs, while I do not see
> anything for Net/OpenBSD, while FreeBSD only have some older version in
> ports?

Right, there is currently no CogVM/PharoVM port for FreeBSD.

holger