Hi, This is now fixed in SVN using your suggestion. Btw, some of our tests do fail on sparc, this is not a problem for most applications tough.
Zoltan 2008/6/10 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > We have been able to successfully build Mono on Solaris 7 sparc (32 bit). > > When we tried to execute the Class Library test suites, some of the test > cases were failing. > > We need your expert inputs/suggestions on the following failure: > > Under mcs/class/corlib, MonoTests.System.MathTest.TestIEEERemainder fails > with the error message: > Negative Dividend expected:<-9223372036854775808> but was:<128> > at MonoTests.System.MathTest.TestIEEERemainder () [0x000bf] in > /mono_sol7/mono-1.9/mcs/class/corlib/Test/System/MathTest.cs:414 > at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Reflection.MonoMethod:InternalInvoke > (object,object[]) > at System.Reflection.MonoMethod.Invoke (System.Object obj, BindingFlags > invokeAttr, System.Reflection.Binder binder, System.Object[] parameters, > System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture) [0x0003f] in > /mono_sol7/mono-1.9/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MonoMethod.cs:149 > > On analysing further, it is observed that: > - In System/Math.cs, IEEERemainder uses InternalInt64BitsToDouble. Changing > this to Int64BitsToDouble gave the expected result and the test case passed. > - InternalInt64BitsToDouble() uses SwappableToDouble() under > System/BitConverter.cs . Here it gets into (!IsLittleEndian) which fills the > value in the big endian (reverse) order whereas Int64BitsToDouble uses > ToDouble() which doesnot perform this conversion based on endianness > (!IsLittleEndian). > > We would like to know your valuable inputs on how to address this issue for > Solaris 7 sparc. > Please let us know whether it would be correct to use Int64BitsToDouble > instead of InternalInt64BitsToDouble (conditionally built for Solaris 7 > sparc). > > Thanks & regards, > Nataraj > > > > > > Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. > > The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to > this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may > contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not > the intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this > e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this > message and any attachments. > > WARNING: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should > check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The > company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted > by this email. > > www.wipro.com > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-devel-list mailing list > Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list > > _______________________________________________ Mono-devel-list mailing list Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list