Author: Richard Plangger <planri...@gmail.com> Branch: s390x-backend Changeset: r82844:a144c706eae1 Date: 2016-03-07 12:18 +0100 http://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/changeset/a144c706eae1/
Log: updated s390x docu diff --git a/rpython/doc/s390x.rst b/rpython/doc/s390x.rst --- a/rpython/doc/s390x.rst +++ b/rpython/doc/s390x.rst @@ -1,16 +1,20 @@ .. _s390x: -Translation on the IBM Mainframe -================================ +S390X JIT Backend +================= -Redhat Linux (rel65) --------------------- +Our JIT implements the 64 bit version of the IBM Mainframe called s390x. +Note that this architecture is big endian. -Unfortunatley there is no ffi development package (yet?), thus -one needs to install this manually. -libffi is not installed on the rl65. -This can be resolved by installing it locally (./configure && make install) and -adjusting th PKG_CONFIG_PATH to point to the install location. -In addition the LD_LIBRARY_PATH must be set to the install location the libffi.so -can be found. +The following facilities need to be installed to operate +correctly (all of the machines used for development these where installed): +* General-Instructions-Extension +* Long-Displacement +* Binary Floating Point (IEEE) + +Translating +----------- + +Ensure that libffi is installed (version should do > 3.0.+). +CPython should be version 2.7.+. _______________________________________________ pypy-commit mailing list pypy-commit@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pypy-commit
