Just as a reminder, can I ask people to cross-post VM-related questions (like this) to vm-...@lists.squeakfoundation.org? That way the VM folk will definitely spot these kinds of queries.
frank On 11 March 2015 at 08:23, Clément Bera <bera.clem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > About the FreeBSD VM, Holger Freyther worked on it so he's the best person > to answer. I think some people used it and it was at least partially > working. > > About your NativeBoost bug on openSolaris, need more information: > > - Can you confirm that you use an intel processor on your openSolaris > machine ? I assume that yes but I ask because solaris were typically running > on other processors. NativeBoost, as of today, works only with intel > processor. > > - Do you build the Cog VM or Stack VM ? I mean PharoVMBuild or PharoSVMBuild > ? I think the PharoSVMBuild does not include NativeBoost by default, that > may be your problem. There's a fix somewhere... > > - What are you doing with NativeBoost ? Is it FFI only or are you generating > and executing hand-written machine code ? If it's FFI only, there might be > alternative available working more or less out of the box. > > Best, > > Clement > > > > > 2015-03-10 20:26 GMT+01:00 Andreas Wacknitz <a.wackn...@gmx.de>: >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> I have a question regarding the status of the PharoVM for UNIX operating >> systems, especially FreeBSD. >> As far as I have seen in the actual sources there is some support for >> FreeBSD available but for me it’s not clear whether it’s only partial or >> complete. >> For me it looks more partial (eg. there are no build instructions for >> FreeBSD and the default offers are only Mac, Linux and Windows), >> I haven’t tried to build it yet but I am thinking about to do that and >> want to get an idea about the efforts. >> >> I have successfully build a PharoVM for openindiana (an OpenSolaris >> derivate). It runs both Pharo and Squeak images (at least partially, see >> below). >> I bootstrapped this on my Mac and used what was already available low >> level. >> Alas it has two problems until now: >> 1. Sound is not working properly (just a single click when doing >> some sound output and then silence). >> 2. NativeBoost is not working (atm it is based on the Linux >> version of NativeBoost). >> >> As my time is very limited (doing everything in my spare time) I would >> like to get NativeBoost working on openindiana first, and then trying to >> build an >> actual PharoVM for FreeBSD. Therefore the question regarding the status of >> PharoVM for FreeBSD. >> Of course any hints where to start with the NativeBoost problem would be >> highly appreciated :) >> >> Regards >> Andreas > >
