From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 16 16:34:00 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87381106566B for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:34:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from raven.bwct.de (raven.bwct.de [85.159.14.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAF058FC0A for ; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:33:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de ([10.1.1.7]) by raven.bwct.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m7GGIPr9083371 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:18:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely7.cicely.de (cicely7.cicely.de [10.1.1.9]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7GGILlM083493 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:18:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely7.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely7.cicely.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m7GGILNw040980; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:18:21 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely7.cicely.de (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m7GGIKtN040979; Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:18:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:18:20 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Christian Weisgerber Message-ID: <20080816161820.GG37139@cicely7.cicely.de> References: <20080708120738.GA74833@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> <20080712225929.GA22401@freebie.xs4all.nl> <20080731222442.GA35346@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely7.cicely.de 7.0-STABLE i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.3 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=0.091, BAYES_00=-2.599 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on spamd.cicely.de Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firefox3 build fails on alpha X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:34:00 -0000 On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 05:01:23PM +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > I'm happy to test firefox3 on alpha, but need to learn about pathes. > > > > In this particular case it seems that (at least) 2 files > > are missing from the distribution: > > > > xptcinvoke_freebsd_alpha.cpp > > xptcstubs_freebsd_alpha.cpp > > Yes. These need to be created. > > You have stumbled on a dirty secret: the Mozilla family programs > rely on a part that must be ported at the assembly(!) language level > to each processor/compiler/(operating system) combination. > > > I think that whoever created the tar file simply forgot to add the freebsd > > files. > > No, somebody needs to write them. I wrote them a few years back for mozilla and they were part of the port. Don't know what happened in the meantime, because since alpha support is removed I stopped spending time into it. The whole xptcinvoke thing is completely breandead anyway. The intention was to have a portable interfacing to modules, but in fact they just read the C++ vtable using assembly, which the compiler can do without any help. The assembly calling functions need to know the compiler specific vtable and not a fixed self defined, which is not what I expected to see. It took me several days to understand that they want something senseless. -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.