[Syllable-kernel] I win!

[Kristian V. <kri...@xe...>]

[Insert ticker-tape and brass band here]

After something like 14 months of hacking I've finally done
it; Glibc 2.3.3 runs.  I've got the Glibc libraries and
a new libgcc_s.so compiled and all of my current tests compile
and run without crashing, or producing funny results.  Even
Gcc 3.3.4 has been built against the new libc and works; a
pretty good test case.

I'll upload binaries and source tonight; I know there are at
least one or two of you who would like to have a play with
Glibc 2.3.3 and I hope a few more of you are willing to test
it (Don't worry, it installs alongside 2.1.2 so nothing will
stop running)

There is still unfinshed business to attend to:

o The ELF Makefile has been hacked up beyond recognition.  I
  need a clean way to handle ELF stuff on Syllable.
o Ditto for the "Don't use init/fini arrays" quick-patch I did
  yesterday
o Kurt added two functions to libc; stricmp() and strnicmp(),
  which I have not implemented in 2.3.3  I'll probably have to
  add them eventually; I suspect the appserver and libsyllable
  uses them and they have the potential to be generally useful.
o The biggest issue right now is that C++ can't be compiled.
  There are incompatabilities between the C++ headers and the
  2.3.3 headers.  I could do with a hand fixing these; any
  volounters?
o I had to manually hack a Makefile to get libgcc_s.so to
  compile correctly.  I need to figure out how to build a
  working libgcc_s.so without doing that.
o Testing...

For my next trick...I shall go and lie down a bit.  Maybe have
a cup of tea.

-- 
Vanders
http://www.syllable.org
http://www.liqwyd.com

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