Trying to pick this up where it was left, we have the list of files *_linux.go, *_linux.s but not all of them have the build statements, do we create new nsx files only for those which have build statements in them or for all of those files?
On Sunday, June 7, 2020 at 2:38:09 AM UTC+1 Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 8:57 AM Randall Becker <the.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks. Where do fix the linker. I found the files to modify - so will > basically copy the *_linux.go, *_linux.s in both runtime and syscalls to > *_nsx.go and *_nsx.s, replacing +build lines with nsx instead of linux, I > assume. Currently looking for an assembler cross-compiler for the platform > (I may have to write one, something I'm much more comfortable with than the > GO port) - I can wrap asm in C code, but I don't know how to get GO to > recognize that. > > Go uses its own assembler, in cmd/asm. > > Ian > > > > On Friday, 5 June 2020 19:03:07 UTC-4, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 3:46 PM Randall Becker <the....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > > >> > That's actually what I figured. So where do I look to add nsx to the > toolchain? > >> > >> You'll have to fix the linker to generate whatever nsx expects. > >> You'll have to add code to support nsx in the runtime and syscall > >> packages. Pick which supported OS is most like nsx; let's say it's > >> linux. Look for *_linux.go and *_linux.s files; you'll need nsx > >> versions of those files. Look for +build lines in files that say > >> linux; you'll need to add nsx, or write a separate file that works on > >> nsx. > >> > >> It's a lot of work. > >> > >> Ian > >> > >> > >> > On Friday, 5 June 2020 17:03:11 UTC-4, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > >> >> > >> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 12:49 PM Randall Becker <the....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > Some progress. I've managed to build 1.14.4 using the Windows GO > implementation. The trouble I was having was using cygwin64. After figuring > that part out... > >> >> > > >> >> > I checked out a new branch from release_go1.14 named nonstop_port > >> >> > > >> >> > Then ran > >> >> > > >> >> > GOARCH=amd64 GOOS=nsx bootstrap.bash > >> >> > which failed because I am using cygwin64, but then ran make.bat > from inside ../../go-nsx-amd64-bootstrap > >> >> > That installed a go binary in go-nsx-amd64-bootstrap/bin > >> >> > > >> >> > This still used the whatever compiler it chose to use, presumably > gcc-generated code, but the executable will not run on the NonStop platform > at all. The key here is that I need to use c99 for cross-compilation. > >> >> > > >> >> > Where do I go next, please? > >> >> > >> >> I'm sure how to answer that except to say that you need to add > support > >> >> for nsx to the Go toolchain. The Go toolchain is written in Go, not > >> >> C, so the mention of c99 seems irrelevant. Your first step is to > >> >> build a Go toolchain that runs on your host system (not your nsx > >> >> system), which you've done. The second step is to add nsx support to > >> >> the toolchain. The third step is to run bootstrap.bash. The fact > >> >> that bootstrap.bash gives you a program that won't run on nsx > suggests > >> >> that the second step is not complete. > >> >> > >> >> Ian > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Wednesday, 27 May 2020 08:01:17 UTC-4, Randall Becker wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> We've gotten nowhere on this despite trying. Installing GO on > windows went fine, based on what Ian suggested, but specifying GOOS=nsx > fails immediately as being unrecognized (rather obvious). The archictture > is not a powerPC, so I'm not sure why I would start there - it is a > big-endian x86. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> On Wednesday, 13 May 2020 11:33:00 UTC-4, Bruno Albuquerque wrote: > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> Now you create your branch or whatever of the Go code and start > porting it to your platform. As a first step, you will probably want to add > the new nsx GOOS. Then you use your go1.14.2 installation to compile it > (with bootstarp.sh) setting GOOS=nsx for cross compiling. Something like > this: > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> GOOS=nsx GOARCH=ppc64 bootstrap.bash > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> That will not work at first. Now you have to make it work, which > *IS* the porting process. > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> Eventually you will be able to compile everything and generate a > go toolchain for your platform. At that point you will copy the generated > files to the target platform and test it. > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> That will most likely fail in your first attempt. Then go back, > fix what you think is broken and try again. > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 8:11 AM Randall Becker < > the....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >>>> > >> >> >>>> > >> >> >>>> > >> >> >>>> On Tuesday, 12 May 2020 20:02:01 UTC-4, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > >> >> >>>>> > >> >> >>>>> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 2:17 PM Randall Becker < > the....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >>>>> > > >> >> >>>>> > On Tuesday, 12 May 2020 16:55:54 UTC-4, Ian Lance Taylor > wrote: > >> >> >>>>> >> > >> >> >>>>> >> On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 1:11 PM Randall Becker < > the....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >>>>> >> > > >> >> >>>>> >> > I have the go repository with release-branch.go1.4 > checked out on a Windows/cygwin64 installation. Looking for the > bootstrap.bash and not finding one in that branch. Assuming that my > eventual target will be called nsx (rather the standard name for other open > source projects), would this be amd64 as a starting point, or does that not > matter? Not sure about the next step. make.bat to build for Windows first? > >> >> >>>>> >> > >> >> >>>>> >> The only reason to use go1.4 is to use it to build a newer > version of > >> >> >>>>> >> Go, ideally the current version. Once you've built the > current > >> >> >>>>> >> version, use that for everything else, and set your go1.4 > build aside > >> >> >>>>> >> unless and until you need to build Go from scratch again. > >> >> >>>>> >> > >> >> >>>>> >> Yes, I assume that you would use amd64 as a starting point, > since your > >> >> >>>>> >> target is 64-bit x86 based > >> >> >>>>> > > >> >> >>>>> > > >> >> >>>>> > So if I get this, build go1.4 from source under Windows, and > bootstrap.bash (but that does not exist in the branch), with the GOOS=nsx > and GOARCH=amd64, then build within the created tree using the cross > compilers. Then build the newest on the target platform using the go1.4 > cross compiled version. > >> >> >>>>> > > >> >> >>>>> > Still wondering what to use for bootstrap.bash, though. > >> >> >>>>> > >> >> >>>>> No, build Go1.4 from source on Windows. Use that to build Go > 1.14.2 > >> >> >>>>> (say) on Windows, as described at > >> >> >>>>> https://golang.org/doc/install-source.html. Then use Go > 1.14.2 with > >> >> >>>>> bootstrap.bash. Go 1.14.2 comes with bootstrap.bash. > >> >> >>>>> > >> >> >>>>> Once you have Go 1.14.2, throw away Go1.4 and never use it > again. The > >> >> >>>>> only reason to use Go1.4 is to build a newer version of Go. > Once > >> >> >>>>> you've done that, use the newer version of Go for everything. > >> >> >>>>> > >> >> >>>>> For that matter, you can just download Go 1.14.2 for Windows. > Go 1.4 > >> >> >>>>> is there for people who want to bootstrap from source rather > than rely > >> >> >>>>> on downloaded binaries. > >> >> >>>>> > >> >> >>>>> Ian > >> >> >>>> > >> >> >>>> > >> >> >>>> I have Go 1.14.2 installed and working under Windows. Not sure > the next step. 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