[Vm-dev] [OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm] CogVM source as per VMMaker.oscog-eem.2502 (f954a91)

[Ken.Dickey]

On Sun, 6 Jan 2019 14:19:47 -0800
Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have promised to write this up and will do so once I have some time.  But
> I'm curious.  What reference documentation are you using for the v8 ABI?
> Can you post a link please?


Procedure Call Standard for the ARM 64-bit Architecture (AArch64)

  http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0055b/IHI0055B_aapcs64.pdf


ARM Architecture Reference Manual: ARMv8, for ARMv8-A architecture profile

  https://static.docs.arm.com/ddi0487/da/DDI0487D_a_armv8_arm.pdf


Programmer's Guide for ARMv8-A

  http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0024a/DEN0024A_v8_architecture_PG.pdf


AArch64 QuickRef:

  https://courses.cs.washington.edu/courses/cse469/18wi/Materials/arm64.pdf

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> > Also FYI, I have been running
> >  [VMMaker generateSqueakSpurStack64VM] valueSupplyingAnswer: false.
> >   VMMaker generateVMPlugins.
> >
> 
> For the FFI plugin is is quicker to open a VMMakerTool, set up its fields
> correctly, drag the relevant plugin from the left-hand list to the
> right-hand list and use "generate plugin" from the menu in the right-hand
> list.  This is at the end of the Source Generation  Workspace:

Thanks.   Will try this.

-- 
-KenD