[kaffe] building for powerpc

[Dalibor Topic]

hi Mathieu,

--- Mathieu Dube <mdube at 8d.com> wrote:
> Yes,
> 	I removed the exit there. Im now at the assembly
> part :
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../config
> -I../../include 
> -I../../kaffe/kaffevm/systems/unix-jthreads -Iintrp
> -I./intrp -I../../libltdl 
> -DINTERPRETER -I../../kaffe/xprof
> -DKVER=\"1.1.x-cvs\" 
> -I/home/mat/kaffe/./kaffe/kaffevm 
>
-I/home/mat/kaffe/./kaffe/kaffevm/systems/unix-jthreads
> -I../../config 
> -I../../include
> -I/usr/local/powerpc-snmc-linux-gnu/include/
> -DNDEBUG -g -O2 
> -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wp,-MD,.deps/support.pp
> -c support.c              
> -fPIC -DPIC -o support.lo
> /tmp/ccSw2cwx.s: Assembler messages:
> /tmp/ccSw2cwx.s:2273: Error: Unrecognized opcode:
> `pushl'
> /tmp/ccSw2cwx.s:2349: Error: Unrecognized opcode:
> `addl'
> /tmp/ccSw2cwx.s:3229: Error: Unrecognized opcode:
> `pushl'
> /tmp/ccSw2cwx.s:3305: Error: Unrecognized opcode:
> `addl'

pushl is an i386 opcode, there is no pushl in the
files in the config/powerpc directory. Are you sure
that you set the platform right for configure?

> but I found some interesting links on porting kaffe
> to ppc if anybody else is 
> interested:
>
http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~rheise/pages/kaffe.html
>
http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~rheise/pages/linux.html

I'm not sure if you'll have much luck with those, they
are patches for kaffe 0.8.2 with biss awt ... that was
about 5 years ago, I think ;)

best regards,
dalibor topic

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