Rob, Robert Lougher wrote: > As long as your platform has libffi support (which I guess it must > have if it has gcc) a JamVM port consists of simply defining a couple > of macros for compare and swap and memory barriers (see src/arch/ e.g. > powerpc.h). You'll also need a null platform directory in > src/os/linux -- this can be based on the x86_64 one, which is almost > empty as the x86_64 port also relies on libffi. > > If you're willing to test JamVM I should be able to knock up a quick > port fairly quickly. The macros required are pretty-standard, so I'll > be able to find something to base them on easily. > I'll help as much as I can: it appears you're willing to do most of the work anyway. ;) > To help do this, can you let me know the output of uname -a? Linux rizzo 2.6.15-26-hppa32 #1 Thu Sep 14 19:44:53 UTC 2006 parisc GNU/Linux > Perhaps > also the contents of /proc/cpuinfo. processor : 0 cpu family : PA-RISC 2.0 cpu : PA8600 (PCX-W+) cpu MHz : 552.000000 model : 9000/785/C3600 model name : Allegro W+ hversion : 0x00005cf0 sversion : 0x00000481 I-cache : 512 KB D-cache : 1024 KB (WB, 0-way associative) ITLB entries : 160 DTLB entries : 160 - shared with ITLB BTLB : not supported bogomips : 1101.00 software id : 2012018428 > Also, do you know if hppa is > little or big-endian? Big. HTH, Trev -- Trevor Glen Sarugo Pty Ltd Email: tg@xxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.sarugo.net/
