[webkit-dev] Webkit port to ppc64le.

[Atul Sowani]

So, essentially, some tweaking in the code of LLInt/interpreter _is_
required when porting it to the new platform. Is my understanding correct?

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 4:11 PM, Konstantin Tokarev <annulen at yandex.ru>
wrote:

>
>
> 22.02.2017, 13:15, "Atul Sowani" <sowani at gmail.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This is not specific to any particular branch/version of WebKit. I was
> browsing the code with ppc64le porting in mind. By default JIT is not
> available on ppc64le, so the CLoop code is used instead.
> >
> > I see there is low level interpreter code in qtwebkit/Source/JavaScriptCore/llint
> directory and inside qtwebkit/Source/JavaScriptCore/interpreter directory
> (AbstractPC, CallFrame etc.). I am wondering if one needs to touch this
> code as well to make it work correctly on ppc64le.
>
> Porting JIT to new platfrom does not require porting LLInt, it can work
> without interpreter tier. However, it is a good idea to port LLInt after
> you have JIT in place, to improve overall quality.
>
> >
> > Any comments/suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Atul.
> > ,
> >
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>
> --
> Regards,
> Konstantin
>
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