Hi everyone,
vmkit had two major improvements recently, so I guess I should let you know :).
First, it does not require to patch llvm. So you can use your llvm TOT with it. There are some not-required arch-specific patches in case you encounter problems when executing large applications. These should be mainly for ppc external symbols and x86 SSE. Please post to llvm-dev your test-case if you found these patches were useful.
Second, vmkit has now an interface with the boehm Garbage Collector. Just specify that you want to use it with the configure argument --with-gc=boehm. The GC is not included, so it has to be installed on your system.
Have fun!
Nicolas
Hi,
It is possible using Harmony - http://harmony.apache.org
instead of classpath? Harmony has Garbage Collector and class lib.
And is there any plan port it to win32?
Regards
Eric
"Nicolas Geoffray"
Hi Eric,
Eric Suen wrote:
Hi,
It is possible using Harmony - http://harmony.apache.org
instead of classpath? Harmony has Garbage Collector and class lib.
I haven't investigated a lot on Harmony. I just know that they have poor performance currently (probably their jit is still not in production, but could also be due to non-optimized gc and class lib). For the class lib, classpath has a nice VM interface. I don't know if Harmony has it too. And the pros of Boehm GC is that it is really to integrate it in existing projects (proof is I've done it in one day for vmkit). I'm not aware of an interface for the GC of Harmony.
And is there any plan port it to win32?
Not at the moment, but patches welcome 
Regards
Nicolas