Re: [Sablevm-developer] powerpc port status

[Mark W. <ma...@kl...>]

Hi,

On Thu, 2002-12-12 at 18:49, David Paul BELANGER wrote:
> I tried to port sableVM to the powerpc.  I got it to compile.  But it
> cannot execute a simple hello program.  It stops and prints:
> java/lang/ExceptionInInitializer
> I does not even get to execute main.
> 
> I heard from Etienne that someone else was working on a powerpc port.  I
> would like to know its current state and, if it gets to execute the
> HelloWorld program, I would like to have the source code/patch even if
> it is still unstable.

A while ago I made some patches that got Hello World working on powerpc:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=983089&forum_id=4154
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=1997083
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=1006086&forum_id=4154

They got never applied to the main source tree though. SableVM seems to
have some other endian issues with invoking native code through JNI.

Please let me know if the patches in those message still apply against
the current tree and make at least Hello World work. I would love to
have a working SableVM on powerpc but just don't have to time to hack on
it (and this was the first time I did anything in powerpc assembly so I
am not the best person to move this port forward).

Cheers,

Mark