[M3devel] ARM Darwin

[Jay]

Get me a machine and I'll work on it. :)
I'll get one before long but I'm bogged down with existing x86, AMD64, PPC, PPC64 (AIX), Mips (Irix) hardware not yet being used for all its meant..

I suspect Apple hasn't pushed their changes up, so be sure to poke around their gcc source.

> Apple are building their own ARM GCC and use that to configure the
> back end. Then the runtime issues which I imagine might be with the GC

gcc -v ?

> and threading. I'm not sure there will be any native treading and I'm
> sure VM will look very different.

I assume it'll look like most any Posix or *_DARWIN or 32bit thereof system.
I assume it has pthreads.

 - Jay



> From: darko at darko.org
> To: hosking at cs.purdue.edu
> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:59:39 +0200
> CC: m3devel at elegosoft.com
> Subject: Re: [M3devel] ARM Darwin
>
> Thanks, it should be a bit easier than the normal process since the
> compiler doesn't have to be fully bootstrapped, I just have to get a
> cross working. I know the first thing is to get the machine
> configuration correct, which I'll start when I get my hands on one of
> the machines in a couple of days. The other thing is to work out how
> Apple are building their own ARM GCC and use that to configure the
> back end. Then the runtime issues which I imagine might be with the GC
> and threading. I'm not sure there will be any native treading and I'm
> sure VM will look very different.
>
>
> On 30/09/2008, at 2:44 PM, Tony Hosking wrote:
>
>> I can share tips...
>>
>> On Sep 30, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Darko wrote:
>>
>>> Is anyone interested in working on an ARM port for Darwin? Or maybe
>>> just providing some tips as I give it a try?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Darko.
>>
>