[Mono-dev] Mono on Windows/x64

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

    A small follow up, the tricky bits for porting to Win64 would be:

	* gfile.c 

	* gspawn.c

    Possibly review the typedefs and move some typedefs from glib.h into
eglib-config.h.in as well as guessing a few values for eglib-config.

Miguel.

> I am not sure how soon any patches will make it into glib, but there
> is some effort. I initially thought eglib would be easier, but have
> since changed my mind ;-). A glib port will be
> used/appreciated/maintained by a wider community, and it has already
> been ported to build on Win32. eglib would need ported to win32, and
> not just win32, but msvc. This was not trivial when I tried, and I
> doubt mono wants all the #ifdef's and changes necessary to get it
> working. Plus, glib is tested alot more than eglib. 
> 
> A colleague of mine already has a win64 build of glib, and is working
> on cleaning up his changes; again, I have no clue of when such changes
> could/would be put into glib.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
> 
> On 4/23/07, Michael Jerris <mike at jerris.com> wrote:
>         Seems like a good time to ask about the status of windows
>         support (32 and 64) and/or msvc support for eglib.  It may be
>         a more worthwhile use of time to finish that work than to work
>         on finishing porting glib.  I would be happy to lend a hand in
>         this process if there is some sort of direction on the best
>         way to go forward on this.
>         
>          
>         
>         Mike
>         
>          
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>         [mailto:mono-devel-list-bounces at lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of
>         Jonathan Chambers
>         Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 10:14 AM
>         To: Kornél Pál
>         Cc: mono-devel-list at lists.ximian.com
>         Subject: Re: [Mono-dev] Mono on Windows/x64
>         
>         
>          
>         
>         At this point, the runtime should compile on win64 in VS2005.
>         It won't link as neither glib nor libgc are ported to win64. I
>         have locally modified versions of each that I am working on,
>         but am not done yet. After all of that is complete, I am sure
>         the JIT will need at least some minor adjustments; calling
>         convention comes to mind and I am sure there are other things
>         of which I am not currently aware. 
>         
>         Does anyone know the status/intention of gcc on win64?
>         
>         Thanks,
>         Jonathan
>         
>         On 4/22/07, Kornél Pál <kornelpal at gmail.com> wrote:
>         
>         Hi,
>         
>         Earlier there were some patches and posts regarding
>         Windows/x64 support on 
>         the list. Could someone please let me know the current status
>         of
>         Windows/x64?
>         
>         Kornél
>         
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