On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 10:20:47AM +0200, Esteban Lorenzano wrote: > > On 15 May 2014, at 18:46, Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire.fernan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Great. > > > > As we are discussing about build, is it possible to compile CogVM on 64 > > bits architecture as it is already the case for the interpreted SqueakVM > > (https://packages.debian.org/sid/squeak-vm)? > > I do not understand. To compile a regular vm in a 64bits platform is trivial. > You just need to have the 32bits library installed. > But to have a 64bits vm that runs on 64bits? that?s another very different > history: > > - you need a 64bits image (so trace, export, etc.) > - you need to be 64bits word size aware (not so complicated, but a lot of > work). > - you need 64bits plugins (a lot of them) > - you need 64bits JIT (or no JIT at all) > > Some time ago there was an experimental 64bits interpreter vm (not even > stack). Who worked with a special traced image. > What squeak guys are doing in the link you provide is still building a 32bits > vm.
It's experimental 64 bit image is not really all that experimental any more, although Ian still labels it as such on squeakvm.org/unix. A compiled VM is available there. Building it from source is just a matter of specifying --image64 in the configure step, then doing a make. Up to date Squeak trunk images in 64-bit format are traced daily at http://build.squeak.org/job/Squeak%2064-bit%20image/ Dave
