Re: [webkit-dev] jit for arm

2009-11-18 Thread Gavin Barraclough
From http://lists.webkit.org/: ListDescription webkit-help [no description available] Hmmm, yes, there would seem to be some scope to make that a little more descriptive! ;-) G. On Nov 17, 2009, at 11:46 PM, Zoltan Herczeg wrote:

Re: [webkit-dev] jit for arm

2009-11-17 Thread ll Jefferry
Hi, when i reading the jit for arm source code, i am not very clear the functionality of the flowing functions: ctiTrampoline ctiVMThrowTrampoline ctiOpThrowNotCaught could you explain to me? and another question is that: in cacheFlush function, why the system

Re: [webkit-dev] jit for arm

2009-11-17 Thread Gavin Barraclough
On Nov 4, 2009, at 8:37 AM, ll Jefferry wrote: Hi, when i reading the jit for arm source code, i am not very clear the functionality of the flowing functions: ctiTrampoline This code is used when entering from the C runtime into JIT generated code. JIT generated code does not

Re: [webkit-dev] jit for arm

2009-11-17 Thread Zoltan Herczeg
Hi, seems the original mail was sent to both webkit-dev and webkit-help. My reply was on webkit-help, and the discussion continued there. https://lists.webkit.org/pipermail/webkit-help/2009-November/000380.html Perhaps we should clarify better the purpose of these mailing lists, since if people

Re: [webkit-dev] JIT for arm is dependant on gcc

2009-10-21 Thread Zoltan Herczeg
Hi, these entry/leave functions are implemented in assembly for all ports. It is faster this way. (Previously, the jit generated these functions, but the reviewers convinced us to do this way). External .asm files would be a nightmare, since we have to create (and maintain) the build rules for

Re: [webkit-dev] JIT for arm is dependant on gcc

2009-10-21 Thread Jason Rukman
to generate this for this toolchain? Jason. -Original Message- From: Zoltan Herczeg [mailto:zherc...@inf.u-szeged.hu] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:45 AM To: Jason Rukman Cc: webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] JIT for arm is dependant on gcc Hi, these entry/leave

Re: [webkit-dev] JIT for arm is dependant on gcc

2009-10-21 Thread Zoltan Herczeg
] Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 9:45 AM To: Jason Rukman Cc: webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] JIT for arm is dependant on gcc Hi, these entry/leave functions are implemented in assembly for all ports. It is faster this way. (Previously, the jit generated these functions