Re: Wanted: superstar hacker to complete Mono port to armhf
On Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:50:01 PM UTC-5, Jo Shields wrote:
> Right now, Mono is available in Debian armhf. This is a hack - what
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> we're actually doing is building Mono as an armhf binary, but built to
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> emit soft VFP instructions and using calling conventions and ABI for
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> armel. This hack works well enough for pure cross-platform code (like
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> the C# compiler) to run, but dies in a heap for anything complex.
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> This situation is a bit on the crappy side of crap.
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> In order for Mono on armhf not to be a waste of time, a "true" port
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> needs to be completed. If I were to make a not-remotely-educated guess,
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> I'd say it needs about 550 lines of changes, primarily the addition of
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> code to emit the correct instructions feeling the correct registers in
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> mono/mini/mini-arm.c plus a couple of tweaks to related headers.
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> Upstream have also indicated that they're happy to provide guidance and
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> pointers on how to implement this port, although they're unable to
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> provide the requisite code themselves.
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> Sadly, unless someone in the community is able to step forward and
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> contribute here, it's only a matter of time before the armhf packages
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> are rightfully marked RC-buggy, and 100+ packages need to be axed from
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> armhf. This would make me sad.
Is this request still outstanding?
I'm willing to help contribute. I will just need some guidance on how to use the source control for the project to get the source and guidance on how to build the package(s). I have experience on other platforms (mostly mainframes and mini-computers) with assembler and C, but I have a good general knowledge of computer architecture and compiling and linking.
Currently I only have a Raspberry Pi to use for testing. From reading the differences between Raspbian and Debian, I see that Debian packages compile for ARMv7 while Raspbian comiples for ARMv6 for use with the Pi's BCM SoC.
In theory I could test my changes on my Pi and then upload to have someone test on ARMv7.
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