Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 19:40:30 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (FWD) AWK/perl hacker needed to assist the Sparc64 port Message-ID: <20020213034030.82B573809@overcee.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20020212085630.A69462@dragon.nuxi.com>
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"David O'Brien" wrote: > In rev 1.20 of sys/kern/vnode_if.pl Eivind converted this from a > Bourne+AWK script into a Perl script. Well that just makes porting to > new architectures VERY difficult as the boot strapping of Perl 5 is quite > difficult. > > A shell hacker could really help out the FreeBSD/sparc64 porting effort > by updating vnode_if.pl rev 1.19 to have all the functionality the perl > version has today. Perl was the *least* of the ia64 port's problems. We had far more trouble with the compiler. miniperl was enough, and that was simple to cross-build for ia64 using the existing bmake tools. We didn't need any of the other cruft, just libperl.a and a statically linked miniperl binary. You dont need the ASSERT_VOP_(UN)LOCKED() macros to be generated anyway, rev 1.19 should be functional enough as-is for your porting efforts. You'll only need to deal with the -c and -h stuff, but you can use makefile glue to work around that. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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