Kaffe OpenVM 1.0 Beta 2 released

[David L. Sanford]

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>All,
>
>We have release Kaffe OpenVM 1.0 Beta 2.  It can be downloaded from our
>website, via ftp or from your favourite mirror site.  Also note we have
>added a few new Linux platforms with this release, as well as fixing
>many problems with other systems.  The most interesting new supported
>platforms are Linux/StrongARM (Corel's Netwinder) and Linux/MIPS (Cobalt
>Qube).  We have also increase the number of pre-built binaries available
>and hope to add more over time - if you build one we don't have please
>let us know.
>
>Visit our site for more information at http://www.transvirtual.com
>
>Regards
>Tim
>
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>  Tim Wilkinson                         Tel:     +1 510 704 1660
>  Transvirtual Technologies, Inc.,      Fax:     +1 510 704 1893
>  Berkeley, CA, USA.                    Email:   tim@transvirtual.com

I was happy to hear this.  The last time I sent you email about Kaffe, I
was using MachTen and was not having a lot of luck establishing a stable
environment to use.  Since then, I have installed MkLinux DR3.  So I
downloaded your latest and tried to compile it.  It failed.  When I tracked
to down, I found the following:

/*
 * powerpc/threads.h
 * Sparc threading information.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998
 *	Transvirtual Technologies, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 * of this file.
 */

#ifndef __powerpc_threads_h
#define __powerpc_threads_h

/**/
/* Thread handling */
/**/
#define	USE_INTERNAL_THREADS

#define	THREADSTACKSIZE		(32 * 1024)

/*
 * Stack offset.
 * This is the offset into the setjmp buffer where the stack pointer is
 * stored.  This may be different with different OSes.
 */
#define	SP_OFFSET		?

#endif

The compiler did not like SP_OFFSET being defined as a question mark.  This
seems to make it impossible for any powerpc-based system to compile the
program.  Am I missing something?
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David L. Sanford -- sanfordl@ix.netcom.com
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>All,

>

>We have release Kaffe OpenVM 1.0 Beta 2.  It can be downloaded from
our

>website, via ftp or from your favourite mirror site.  Also note we
have

>added a few new Linux platforms with this release, as well as fixing

>many problems with other systems.  The most interesting new supported

>platforms are Linux/StrongARM (Corel's Netwinder) and Linux/MIPS
(Cobalt

>Qube).  We have also increase the number of pre-built binaries
available

>and hope to add more over time - if you build one we don't have
please

>let us know.

>

>Visit our site for more information at http://www.transvirtual.com

>

>Regards

>Tim

>

>--

>  Tim Wilkinson                         Tel:     +1 510 704 1660

>  Transvirtual Technologies, Inc.,      Fax:     +1 510 704 1893

>  Berkeley, CA, USA.                    Email:   tim@transvirtual.com


I was happy to hear this.  The last time I sent you email about Kaffe,
I was using MachTen and was not having a lot of luck establishing a
stable environment to use.  Since then, I have installed MkLinux DR3. 
So I downloaded your latest and tried to compile it.  It failed.  When
I tracked to down, I found the following:


<fontfamily><param>Geneva</param><bigger><bigger>/*

 * powerpc/threads.h

 * Sparc threading information.

 *

 * Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998

 *	Transvirtual Technologies, Inc.  All rights reserved.

 *

 * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and
redistribution 

 * of this file. 

 */


#ifndef __powerpc_threads_h

#define __powerpc_threads_h


/**/

/* Thread handling */

/**/

#define	USE_INTERNAL_THREADS


#define	THREADSTACKSIZE		(32 * 1024)


/*

 * Stack offset.

 * This is the offset into the setjmp buffer where the stack pointer
is

 * stored.  This may be different with different OSes.

 */

#define	SP_OFFSET		?


#endif


</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>The compiler did not like SP_OFFSET
being defined as a question mark.  This seems to make it impossible for
any powerpc-based system to compile the program.  Am I missing
something?

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David L. Sanford -- sanfordl@ix.netcom.com

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