Date: 06 Sep 2002 13:25:29 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mozilla failure on 4.6.2 Message-ID: <1031333130.342.46.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <15736.58229.652949.93794@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <20020906040641.GA61111@xor.obsecurity.org> <1031287598.361.2.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> <15736.40749.986834.818558@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <1031329151.342.9.camel@gyros.marcuscom.com> <15736.58229.652949.93794@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 13:18, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Joe Marcus Clarke writes: > > http://www.mozilla.org/unix/tru64.html > > > > It applies to Tru64, but it hints that Alpha Linux is the only platform > > capable of compiling Mozilla for Alpha using GCC. The Compaq C++ > > compiler is, unfortunately, not ported to FreeBSD. > > And probably never will be, as it requires symbols from the linux > libc, the last I remember. > > I assume you're talking about xptcall? From the link at the bottom, > there appears to be code for linux alpha. Since we use the same g++ > compiler, and the same binary format, I suspect that the linux > assembly code there should work. And it appears we're using it: > > <1:13pm>monet/gallatin:unix>pwd > /usr/ports/www/mozilla-devel/work/mozilla/xpcom/reflect/xptcall/src/md/unix > <1:13pm>monet/gallatin:unix>ls *.o > xptcinvoke_linux_alpha.o xptcstubs_linux_alpha.o > > Are you saying that there's something different about the calling > conventions that would make using the linux code as it stands > incorrect? I don't know. However, I am seeing core dumps on the port-build and when executing mozilla that point to xptcall. Admittedly, I don't have an Alpha to test with myself. Jan had been generous enough to allow me to login to his. He is running 4.6.2, so I have not been able to test -stable or -current. However, tests with gcc31 in ports, and with varying degrees of optimizations have yielded no success on Alpha. Joe > > Drew > -- PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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