Re: [Gumstix-users] fitting JamJVM and Classpath on Verdex

[Greg F. <lgf...@gm...>]

libffi needs to be added.
where does that get poked in?

-g


On 10/10/07, Chris McClenaghan <ch...@mc...> wrote:
> Greg,
>
> My understanding is the change should be made in the package hierarchy.
> In the ${BUILDROOT}/package/jamvm there should be a jamvm.mk file where
> in you would make the change(s). How the change would be expressed and
> what you need to do to make sure the change was picked up in the next
> build are not clear to me (and left as an exercise for the reader ;-)
>
> Is libffi already part of the build or does it need to be added?
>
> Chris
>
> Greg Fausak wrote:
> > Although  have the image small enough, the Alignment trap is
> > proving to be an issue.  Checking with some stuff online it seems it
> > could be a problem with the jamvm being compiled with EABI.  The
> > author notes that won't work, and the libffi library should be used, so
> > jamvm needs to be compiled with -with-ffi switch.  In my poking about the
> > gumstix-buildroot tree I don't know where to push that in.  Normally I'd go
> > to the jamvm directory and do the ./configure with the option I need.  How
> > can I get that injected with the buildroot tree???
> >
> > -g
> >
> >
> > On 10/10/07, Robert Dodier <ro...@in...> wrote:
> >
> >> Chris McClenaghan wrote:
> >>
> >>> What are the various ways I can reduce the image size, please provide
> >>> details. I have at this point only added the jvm, classpath and the zlib
> >>> headers (is that necessary or is the dependency on zlib?). The image
> >>> size is ~17MB. Is the current image stripped by default? Is compression
> >>> an option? Could I store the jvm and classpath on another filesystem -
> >>> usb thumb drive?
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I had the same problem -- I ended up erasing glibj.zip from the
> >> Gumstix filesystem and downloading it into /tmp (i.e. volatile memory)
> >> via ssh when Linux boots via a script in /etc/init.d/, and then executing
> >> jamvm with appropriate arguments to tell it the location of glibj.zip.
> >>
> >> Good luck. I have found that getting Java to work on the Gumstix
> >> is extremely frustrating. Hope you have better luck than me.
> >>
> >> Robert Dodier
> >>
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