[Mono-list] Cannot run or build Mono on SPARC V8 / Solaris 9

[tyrius at verizon.net]

When I try to use the prepared Mono 1.1.13.8 package on a SPARCStation 5/170 running Solaris 9 I get this error:
  cannot execute binary file.

file `which mono` produces this output:
  ELF 32-bit MSB executable SPARC32PLUS Version 1, V8+ Required, dynamically linked, stripped

I believe the problem here is that the mono executable was compiled on a SPARC V8+, but the cpu on my machine is a V8.

I have attempted to rebuild Mono on my own (a very slow process on this machine), but that fails with a different problem.  During the build process I get the following (note the Illegal Instruction - core dumped):
gmake[6]: Entering directory `/home/tyrius/src/mono-1.1.13.8/mcs'
*** The compiler 'mcs' doesn't appear to be usable.
*** Trying the 'monolite' directory.
gmake[7]: Entering directory `/home/tyrius/src/mono-1.1.13.8/mcs'
Illegal Instruction - core dumped
gmake[8]: *** [build/deps/basic-profile-check.exe] Error 132
gmake[8]: Entering directory `/home/tyrius/src/mono-1.1.13.8/mcs'
*** The contents of your 'monolite' directory may be out-of-date
*** You may want to try 'make get-monolite-latest'
gmake[8]: *** [do-profile-check-monolite] Error 1
gmake[8]: Leaving directory `/home/tyrius/src/mono-1.1.13.8/mcs'
gmake[7]: *** [do-profile-check] Error 2
gmake[7]: Leaving directory `/home/tyrius/src/mono-1.1.13.8/mcs'
gmake[6]: *** [do-profile-check-monolite] Error 2
gmake[6]: Leaving directory `/home/tyrius/src/mono-1.1.13.8/mcs'
gmake[5]: *** [do-profile-check] Error 2
gmake[5]: Leaving directory `/home/tyrius/src/mono-1.1.13.8/mcs'
gmake[4]: *** [profile-do--basic--all] Error 2
gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/home/tyrius/src/mono-1.1.13.8/mcs'
gmake[3]: *** [profiles-do--all] Error 2
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/home/tyrius/src/mono-1.1.13.8/mcs'
gmake[2]: *** [all-local] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/home/tyrius/src/mono-1.1.13.8/runtime'
gmake[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tyrius/src/mono-1.1.13.8'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2

I find it a little puzzling: I've tried to use GDB to see where the illegal instruction is coming from, but in sigill_signal_handler info->si_code == 0.

Here is the backtrace from GDB:
#0  sigill_signal_handler (_dummy=4, info=0xefffebd0, context=0xefffea10) at mini.c:9924
#1  0xef2c5b14 in __sighndlr () from /usr/lib/libthread.so.1
#2  0xef2bf80c in call_user_handler () from /usr/lib/libthread.so.1
#3  <signal handler called>
#4  0xef1f0010 in ?? ()
#5  0xee8628b4 in ?? ()
#6  0xee8627e8 in ?? ()
#7  0x0016e544 in mono_jit_runtime_invoke (method=0x308910, obj=0x271f90, params=0xeffff4e8, exc=<incomplete type>) at mini.c:9869
#8  0x000a3800 in mono_runtime_invoke (method=0x308910, obj=0x271f90, params=0xeffff4e8, exc=<incomplete type>) at object.c:1352
#9  0x000d3f1c in mono_exception_from_name_two_strings (image=0x271f90, name_space=0x0, name=0x31b360 "", a1=0x30bfc8, a2=0x0) at exception.c:142
#10 0x000d4894 in mono_runtime_init (domain=<incomplete type>, start_cb=0x166e48 <mono_thread_start_cb>, attach_cb=0x166ef4 <mono_thread_attach_cb>) at appdomain.c:123
#11 0x0016f8bc in mini_init (filename=0xeffff975 "/home/tyrius/src/mono-1.1.13.8/mcs/class/lib/monolite/mcs.exe") at mini.c:10492
#12 0x000263e8 in mono_main (argc=6, argv=0xeffff7cc) at driver.c:867
#13 0x00023ba0 in main (argc=6, argv=0xeffff7cc) at main.c:6

the box I'm doing this on is a hobbyist box and I don't have the luxury of replacing it with something that has a SPARC V9 cpu, so I'd really like to get this working on a SPARC V8.

Thank you,

Jonathan Zimmerman