[kaffe] kaffe_mips

[Dalibor Topic]

--- murat guven <muratg at lsil.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> does anyone know the latest situation of Kaffe on
> MIPS platforms
> (I'm sure Dalibor knows:).

The file RELEASE-NOTES in the kaffe 1.0.7 source
distribution has the following to say on MIPS:

* MIPS (Big-Endian) / Linux

  Tested Version: 1.0.7 (Final)
  Configuration: Default (jit3)
  OS Version: Debian unstable/woody, Linux 2.4.17
  Hardware: SGI Indy (R4000SC V3.0 100MHz)
  Compiled with: gcc 2.95.4
  Results: Did not compile (sigcontext.h not found
from md.h)
  Reported by: Jim Pick

* MIPS (Big-Endian) / IRIX

  Tested Version: 1.0.7-rc1
  Configuration: Default
  Results: Compiles, a few "make check" failures.
  Reported by: Dalibor Topic

* MIPS (Little-Endian) / Linux

  Tested Version: 1.0.7 (Final)
  Configuration: Default (jit3)
  OS Version: Debian unstable/woody, Linux 2.4.17
  Hardware: Masquerade Pro (R5000 250MHz)
  Compiled with: gcc 2.95.4
  Results: Did not compile (sigcontext.h not found
from md.h)
  Reported by: Jim Pick

So if you're considering doing any work on kaffe on
mips-linux, you should either use current CVS code, or
backport the  mips fixes to 1.0.7.

I can't say what's the status at the moment on irix, I
haven't had a chance to run on it for a while.

With the code from CVS, you should configure kaffe to
use the interpreter engine (--with-engine=intp), as
the jit has some issues that may crash the java
compiler during compilation of the class library, as
far as I know. Or you could use jikes to compiler the
class library, using the --with-jikes option, and use
the mips jit engine. Make sure you are using jikes
1.13 though, all later versions will result in some
problems.

and now over to Kevin for the detailed report on the
status of MIPS support under kaffe ;)

best regards,
dalibor topic

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