Updates to the platforms code and VMMaker are needed to provide named
serial port access. This is a coordinated change affecting all platforms.
Following are the steps required:
Dave:
- Update SerialPlugin in VMMaker with new prims and 64-bit clean
declarations (done - this is in VMaker-dtl.136 on SqueakSource).
Ian:
- Apply patch to platforms/Cross/plugins/SerialPlugin/SerialPlugin.h
to declare new functions and change signatures to avoid casting
pointer to int. Patch is attached (M7266-SerialPlugin.h.diff). Note, the
patches on Mantis are out of date now, use this one instead.
- Apply patch to platforms/unix/plugins/SerialPlugin/sqUnixSerial.c to
get rid of some unnecessary type casts. I believe that you have already
applied the main part of Severin's changes, so this should complete the
unix updates. Patch attached (M7266-sqUnixSerial.c.diff).
Andreas:
- Update platforms\win32\plugins\SerialPlugin\sqWin32SerialPort.c to match
the modified signatures in SerialPort.h. This prevents passing pointer
parameters as ints, required for running on 64 bit platforms.
- Add stub functions for four new functions (serialPortCloseByName,
serialPortOpenByName, serialPortReadIntoByName, serialPortWriteFromByName)
to support the the new primitives. These can just fail the primitive. Function
prototypes are in SerialPlugin.h.
John:
- Update platforms/Mac OS/plugins/SerialPlugin/sqMacSerialPort.c, same as
for Windows (see above).
- I don't know how OS X handles serial devices, but you may be able consider
using the Unix code at this point.
Thanks all!
Dave
--- background ---
For reference is was the suggested "to-do" list that I posted a while back.
We are working on step 2 now.
1) Closure support.
- Priority: High, should be done as soon as possible
- All major VM distributions should support images with closure bytecodes.
- Current status: COMPLETE
2) Changes to support Etoys and teaching for kids.
- Priority: High, supports large educational programs.
- Mantis 7266: SerialPlugin doesn't handle arbitrary nodes names
- Mantis 7103: Playing sounds in linux 64 bits causes a vm segmentation fault
- Current status: These require changes to VMMaker and platforms sources,
all platforms effected. Changes are straightforward but must be done in a
coordinated manner for all platforms.
3) Some simple updates for 23/64 bit platforms.
- Priority: Low
- Mantis 7236: Make AsynchFilePlugin work on 32/64 bit images and 32/64 bit unix VMs
- Mantis 6828: make FileCopyPlugin work on 32/64 bit images and 32/64 bit unix VMs
- Current status: These are minor updates, low priority but easy to do. Patches
are available but must be coordinated for all platforms.
4) 64-bit FFI (Interpreter updates as well as FFI)
- Priority: Medium
- Mantis 7237: Make FFI work on 64 bit platforms
- Current status: Patches are available, but additional work and testing may
be required on some platforms. I consider this update important because it
effects the interpreter as well as FFI itself, e.g. these changes are
a prerequisite to closing out the issues in Mantis 6987: "signed32BitValueOf:,
signed64BitValueOf: etc. broken".