[Mono-list] Adding Solaris/amd64 support

[Andreas Färber]

Hello,

> Replace the g_assert in the line with the error with a call to
> "G_BREKAPOINT".
>
> Then run with gdb:
>
> gdb mono
> (gdb) run program.exe
> wait for breakpoint
> (gdb) x/20i address
>
> Address is whatever address the method is trying to decode, you will
> have to look that one up on the source.

I managed to set the breakpoint by writing G_BREAKPOINT(); instead of  
the assertion. When I run mono normally, I now see a message that it  
has reached a breakpoint.

However, Solaris does not seem to ship with a gdb. I installed gdb  
6.2.1 from Solaris' "Companion" DVD. But apparently it does not  
support 64-bit debugging! According to the gdb mailing list that was  
contributed for 6.4, and neither sunfreeware.com nor blastwave.org  
provide a recent package (as with Mono). So unless I can use another  
debugging tool (not sure what you need from this x/20i command) I'll  
have to figure out how to compile my own gdb first.

Any ideas about the GC warning though? Can it be safely ignored for  
now in 32-bit? What's the difference between Mono's libgc and e.g.  
Solaris' libgc? I remember you saying about Leopard's GC it probably  
wouldn't be usable for Mono.

Andreas