[kaffe] Unable to run Kaffe 1.1.7 on PowerPC

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On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 09:26 +0200, Jesper Larsen wrote:
> How large slowdown should I expect when running with intrp instead of jit?

Large. Factor 10, approximately. May vary slightly from CPU arch to
another.

> I'd like to help, but I don't know very much about "trampolines", 
> assembler etc.

See Kiyo's description at
http://www2.biglobe.ne.jp/~inaba/trampolines.html

and http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~sanseri/kaffe/k2.html

> Any hints to information sources?

For the powerpc assembler, I guess IBM's powerpc compiler developer
handbook should be fine. See
http://www.ibm.com/chips/techlib/techlib.nsf/techdocs/852569B20050FF7785256996007558C6

cheers,
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