Re: [Gc] FreeBSD/ia64 build error: ./include/private/gcconfig.h:2436:3: error: #error --> undefined ALIGNMENT

Vitaly Magerya <[email protected]> Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:33:29 +0300

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On 2014-04-27 13:11, Ivan Maidanski wrote:
>  Hi Vitaly,
> Backing store constants for linux have values than for hpux, so
> it was not a simple code copy, git log and context should be check
> to remove doubts whether it is ok they are used only for hpux.

In the past [1] the linux path used to use those values if reading
from /proc/self/maps failed for some reason; in commit 1701265947 [2]
it switched to a different heuristic, making BACKING_STORE_ALIGNMENT
and BACKING_STORE_DISPLACEMENT obsolete in the Linux case. I think
it's safe to drop them.

> Gc register base should be used on freebsd I suppose so misc.c is to
> be updated.

Probably. I'm still waiting for a reply from FreeBSD ia64 folks though.

[1] https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/blob/d946f109ac758c54810fa6a33129986e646254da/os_dep.c
[2] https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/commit/1701265947a9bd74ca8325b5960d60866db813b1