[kaffe] debugging JITted methods

[Timothy Stack]

> 
> Dalibor Topic wrote:
> 
> > See the xdebugging support (FAQ.xdebugging) for a way to generate 
> > debugging information in jitted code siutable for gdb.
> >
> > You can take a look at the emitted code from the jitter by configuring 
> > and building kaffe with --enable-debug and using kaffe -vmdebug JIT to 
> > run your classes.
> 
> I had tried a bit of this before, but it seems that I finally got the 
> right combination of things. Good grief, 60,000 lines of asm for hello 
> world.

The test/internal directory runs tests on small, simplistic methods to 
help you get started.  Note that you need to have jikes available for this 
to be activated.

> 
> >> I expect implementing the new code could be done really cleanly (and 
> >> quickly) by someone who really understands how the JIT is 
> >> implemented. I'm just having a tough time figuring that out.
> >
> >
> > See FAQ.jit3 for a nice overview of how jit3 works.
> 
> It's my understanding that there is no JIT3 for Alpha. Is that the case? 
> I definately need to stick with Alpha at this point. I found a pretty 
> good summary of the JIT process, though, which helped clear things up some.

Yeah, jit1 and jit3 are roughly the same.

tim