Re: [sablevm-jchevm] Windows port

Hi folks,

>Hi Enrico,
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>Enrico Migliore wrote:
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>>Let's see if I get your suggestion right:
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>>1. Use the "thin abstraction layer atop already-provided operating
>>system support"
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>>http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/incubator/harmony/enhanced/classlib/trunk/doc/vm_doc/html/group__Thread.html
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>Yes, exactly.  :-)
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>At first sight, it seems to provide all the functionality that SableVM
>needs.
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>>2. Use #if defined (WIN32) to separate WIN32 from Linux code
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>Yes, for the now.
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Points 1 and 2 requires me to study some Windows' thread APIs.

>I would prefer to actually get any such code either:
>1- out of SableVM, e.g. into a separate library or in Harmony's port
>   layer, and/or
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I'm figuring the folder layout structure, to put somewhere, please let 
me know if you find it reasonable:

win32
   |_____src                (proposal A)
   |_____include


arch
   |_____win32
                  |______src         (proposal B)
                  |______include

those are just 2 proposals that came to my mind during the weekend, but 
I'm open to any options.

>2- into well defined system-specific files in SableVM's source code.
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For this initial part of the port, I can make a local copy of the files 
that require Windows specific functions, in the folder: "src" and 
"include", and work on them.

As said, before starting the port, I will read over all the threads we 
wrote, read the documentation of SableVM, and make a written proposal to 
the list, in order to have the maximum level of agreement.

I already did a quite complex port in the past (FreeDOS's filesystem 
ported to some embedded platforms) and it took me 6 months, to make a 
clean and reliable work.


Enrico