Tomorrow, I'll finish the changes to the build so we get a
launcher-based JRE and HDK.
I know this isn't perfect, but it's a step forward - thanks all for all
the help.
geir
(and for the record, working in C, C++ and Java all at the same time is
a hoot...)
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
> Ok, I think I have this working now.
>
> DRLVM can be put anywhere and it works w/ the launcher w/o any
unnatural
> acts with command line parameters and/or scripts.
>
> There are a few things to chat about - I'll get my thoughts together
> later tonight and post, and check in the code. I just wanted to let
> people know if they were thinking about working on it.
>
> geir
>
>
>
> Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
>>
>>
>> Evgueni Brevnov wrote:
>>> On 9/6/06, Geir Magnusson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Evgueni Brevnov wrote:
>>>> > HI All,
>>>> >
>>>> > Good news! I have a patch to run DRLVM with the classlib's
launcher
>>>> > (I've checked Hello and Eclipse applications on Windows only).
>>>> > Actually, there are two patches. The first one is for classlib
which
>>>> > changes vm default directory to drlvm.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think we should do that - we'll keep it the same as it is
now -
>>>> "default".
>>>>
>>>> Why should we change it?
>>>
>>> I don't care about it too much. Let it be "default". In that case
>>> -vmdir option should be specified each time. Is it convenient for
>>> users?
>>
>> ? right now, "default" is the default. So the user doesn't have to
>> specify anything...
>>
>> With the DRLVM stuff in jre/bin/default the user just types
>>
>> java
>>
>>
>> > BTW it seems there will be some problems with hythr.dll library
>>> if we wish to use drlvm and j9 in simultaneously. But that's another
>>> story...
>>
>> Yes, we need to resolve this.
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> > The second one is for build
>>>> > system and VM itself. Unfortunatelly, it is impossible to
eliminate
>>>> > all problems in a short period of time. There is still a bunch of
>>>> work
>>>> > in initialization and jni modules. So this patch is just a one
more
>>>> > step to our goal.
>>>>
>>>> Great. As I said in other mails, the build stuff isn't the part to
>>>> worry about but rather the VM itself.
>>>>
>>>> So does this patch do it completely, or should we wait?
>>>
>>> Yes, the patch contains changes for both parts vm and build.
>>> It was easy for me to change the build than do manual manipulations
>>> each time to
>>> check whether it runs OK or not.
>>
>> So does this mean if I apply the patch, then DRLVM works w/ the
>> launcher from the jre/bin/default directory w/o any problems?
>>
>> geir
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > The vm patch is quite heavy so I attach it and classlib patch.
>>>> > Hope it will work not only for me :-)
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On 9/5/06, Geir Magnusson Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Salikh Zakirov wrote:
>>>> >> > Andrey Chernyshev wrote:
>>>> >> >> 1. Fix the DRLVM layout - rename vmcore to "harmonyvm" and
move
>>>> >> >> ..dll/.so into the "default" subdirectory such that one
doesn't
>>>> >> have to
>>>> >> >> type -vm and -vmdir options;
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > While would you want to rename DRLVM to Harmony VM?
>>>> >> > It feels to me like claiming DRLVM to be "the only" Harmony VM.
>>>> >> > On the contrary, I thought Harmony project is about
*encouraging*
>>>> >> diversity.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > I think having library named libdrlvm.so would be much better.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> No - the launcher picks up the vm from "harmonyvm.dll" (or
.so) so
>>>> >> that's what we'll name it.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Then it makes it easy. put J9 in jre/bin/j9 and drlvm in
>>>> jre/bin/drlvm
>>>> >> and then
>>>> >>
>>>> >> java -vmdir:j9
>>>> >>
>>>> >> or
>>>> >>
>>>> >> java -vmdir:drlvm
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> etc
>>>> >>
>>>> >> geir
>>>> >>
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >> 2. Exclude building of the "original" launcher from the DRLVM
>>>> build -
>>>> >> >> it currently conflicts with the classlib launcher (both are
>>>> called
>>>> >> >> "java").
>>>> >> >>
>>>> >> >> 3. Aside from the hythread, it may also have a sense to
make the
>>>> >> >> classlib and DRLVM using the same zlib dll/so (preferably the
>>>> system
>>>> >> >> one).
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
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