> -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Nov 9, 2005 11:07 AM > To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: compiling bootJVM with MSVC > > Sebastian Hartte wrote: > > Enrico Migliore wrote: > > > > > >>Sebastian Hartte wrote: > >> ...snip... > >> > >>For a win32 pthread implementation, try this: >> > >> http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/ > >> > >>There are two libraries I downloaded this one: pthreadVC2.lib > > > > > > To be honest i don't like the requirement of yet another library to > > compile it on Windows. The big question here would be how > > closely the threading api is tied into the JVM. I would certainly prefer > > a platform independent solution. Is any Apache2 > > developer around who knows how the threading mpm does it? > > Sebastian, > > At the risk of preempting the acceptance of HARMONY-14... > > take a look at the thread library that is in there, and described in the > doxygen pages that you will find in > "Harmony/doc/vm_doc/html/group__Thread.html". That contains a bunch of > threading calls that should be of use to the bootJVM port, and there is > an impl for the MSVC compiler on Windows.
Sebastian, I would gladly entertain your proposal on how to thread BootJVM with MSVC facilities as a part of the overall porting effort. If you have some specific ideas here, perhaps a JIRA posting woud be the place to start. Thanks for your help. Dan Lydick
