Hi Eliot,

Since I cannot compile the VM on my own, I tried yours (compilation error as I 
mentioned in one of my previous emails). I tried yours, but I am not sure which 
VM to try. I downloaded CogPharoSpur64.app-16.08.3632.tar but I cannot open an 
image. Any reason why?

Alexandre


> On Feb 25, 2016, at 9:46 PM, Eliot Miranda <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Eliot Miranda <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> ... at http://www.mirandabanda.org/files/Cog/VM/VM.r3632.
> 
> These include 64-bit VMs whose Smalltalk execution and FFI are functional.  
> However, their SocketPlugin is more than somewhat broken.  Executing the 
> SocketPlugin tests results in a hard lockup, at least on Mac OS X.  This is 
> my next focus for 64-bits.
> 
> It turns out that the 64-bit socket issues are Mac OS only.  The linux 64-bit 
> VMs seem to be fine.  The problems are to do with socket reuse and/or 
> broadcast (SO_REUSEADDR, SO_REUSEPORT & SO_BROADCAST).
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> CogVM binaries as per VMMaker.oscog-eem.1700/r3632
> 
> General:
> Fix serious bug in jitted perform: primitive.  Thanks to Stephane Rollandin
> for finding and to Levente Uzoni for diagnosing the bug.  If the argument
> count is one greater than the max number of register arguments (2 in Spur,
> hence perform:with:with:) then the code to remove the receiver and arguments
> from the stack neglects to remove the receiver and selector.
> 
> Spur:
> Fix special selector arithmetic and comparison in the 64-bit Cogit.  My 
> original
> code for genJumpNotSmallIntegersIn:andScratchReg: merely jumped if the tags
> differed, hence not jumping if both arguments were SmallFloat64s (or both
> Characters).  The new code requires an additional scratch register;
> hence add genJumpNotSmallIntegersIn:andScratch:scratch:.
> 
> Fix bug in markAndTraceWeaklingsFrom:.  Fields of weaklings may be immediate
> so must use followOopField:ofObject: not followObjField:ofObject:.
> 
> Fix 
> https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/17536/VM-Crash-when-adding-an-iVar-to-a-subclass-of-SystemAnnouncement.
> 
> When weaklings (and when ephemerons) are scan-marked forwarders must be coped
> with.
> 
> 64-bit VMs:
> Fix a bug in printHex: for 64-bits (faulty arithmetic).
> 
> ThreadedFFIPlugin:
> Fix the remaining 64-bit issues in the ThreadedFFIPlugin.  The 
> X64SysVFFIPlugin
> now passes the test suite.  Hence include the FFI plugin in 64-bit VMs.
> 
> Make the SqueakFFIPrims plugin internal in the Mac pharo builds.
> 
> Mac VMs:
> Have the Mac OS X build install Localizable.strings.  Add versions for
> Newspeak, Pharo and Squeak.  Rename the key to SelectImagePanePrompt.
> Temporarily disable the Serial plugin in the Pharo Mac VM until we can track
> down the relevant platforms/iOS support for the Pharo extensions.
> 
> Fix argument access on the iOS platform (Mac OS VMs).
> 
> _,,,^..^,,,_
> best, Eliot
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> _,,,^..^,,,_
> best, Eliot

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