[Mono-dev] Porting Mono to 'asm.js'
Alex J Lennon
ajlennon at dynamicdevices.co.uk
Tue Mar 17 07:40:15 UTC 2015
Sounds interesting. It's the type of thing I'd like to add into
meta-mono for Yocto/Mono based embedded platforms.
On 17/03/2015 06:09, Bob Summerwill wrote:
> No problem! I think that HTML5-as-a-platform would be a great idea,
> however it comes about.
>
> Joao would be the best person to answer your questions, I think,
> because I'm not associated with Xamarin or GSoC. I'm just interested
> in this area of technology.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Bob
>
>
> Chee
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 8:25 PM, Nirmal Lankathilaka
> <nir3al+dev at gmail.com <mailto:nir3al+dev at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Bob for the awesome links and the CC!! I too, would love to
> see that potential achieved.
>
> I've been doing some reading about porting to asm.js. Is there
> anything you'd suggest that I should read/experiment on? Also, is
> there any idea/suggestions you have in mind about how I should
> continue to work on this project and what I should do (in the
> context of GSoC)?
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Bob Summerwill
> <bob at summerwill.net <mailto:bob at summerwill.net>> wrote:
>
>
> Corrected link - http://monohtml5.com - sorry.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Bob Summerwill
> <bob at summerwill.net <mailto:bob at summerwill.net>> wrote:
>
>
> I started digging into area last year.
> See https://monohtml5.com/.
>
> I think there is huge potential for Mono and .NET apps
> targeting the browser, and treating HTML5 as "just another
> platform".
>
> *
> https://monohtml5.wordpress.com/2014/05/29/a-vision-html5-can-be-just-another-platform-for-net/
> * https://monohtml5.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/monohtml5-what-are-the-existing-projects-in-this-area/
> * https://monohtml5.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/monohtml5-what-are-you-actually-trying-to-make/
>
> Joao is in the CC on this mail.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Bob
>
> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 3:31 AM, Nirmal Lankathilaka
> <nir3al+dev at gmail.com <mailto:nir3al+dev at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the clarification! Also, sorry for the late
> reply. I've been doing some reading and experimenting
> on asm.js/emscripten between my regular studies.
>
> Also, could you help me on how to contact "João
> Matos", who is stated as the mentor for that project?
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Robert Jordan
> <robertj at gmx.net <mailto:robertj at gmx.net>> wrote:
>
> On 15.03.2015 10:59, Nirmal Lankathilaka wrote:
>
> I've been using Mono for developing desktop
> apps for a couple of years and
> would love to contribute to the project. Since
> I'm still a student, I think
> GSoC is a splendid opportunity to start.
>
> "Porting Mono to `asm.js`", presented for
> GSoC, caught my attention
> recently. I spent some time researching this
> and I'd like some
> clarification from the community:
>
> Since Mono-LLVM support does exist[mono-llvm]
> <http://www.mono-project.com/docs/advanced/mono-llvm/>,
> why would the need
> arise for a port? I understand that there are
> limitations
> [mono-llvm#limitations]
> <http://www.mono-project.com/docs/advanced/mono-llvm/#limitations>
> in the
> above approach as LLVM doesn't fully support
> all the needs of Mono; but
> since there is no specifications given which
> would require one to avoid the
> above approach
> (mono-llvm-->llvm-->emscripten-->asm.js), I'm
> a bit confused.
>
>
> The proposal assumes a slightly deeper
> understanding of the Mono
> internals.
>
> http://www.mono-project.com/community/google-summer-of-code/projects/#port-mono-to-asmjs
>
> "mono runtime" is here the part of Mono that
> provides the OS
> abstraction layer (file, network etc.) and GC.
> It's that minimal
> part of Mono that's needed for running static AOT
> (ahead-of-time
> compilation) assemblies that were compiled to
> native shared objects
> or included into the main executable. Basically,
> it's Mono sans
> code generation, suitable to run on the target.
>
> The target is here "emscripten/asm.js", so it
> needs a port.
>
> "mono cross compiler that can target emscripten"
> is a Mono LLVM AOT target that generates LLVM code
> suitable
> for emscripten. This part is supposed to run on
> the host, i.e.
> it has access to a full tool chain etc.
>
>
> On a different note, could you explain to me
> whether I should use the
> forums instead of the mailing-lists (which I
> prefer) for communication
> regarding GSoC and the `asm.js` port.
>
>
> The forums are just a mirror of this list.
>
> Robert
>
>
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