sparc/linux, again

[Simon Marlow]

> Dear all, I can't get the hc-boot process to work for=20
> sparc64-linux-debian.
> I compiled from the ghc-4.08.2 hc-files, but when I run the=20
> executable, I get
>=20
> Starting program: /home/joe/ghc-4.08.2/ghc/compiler/hsc=20
> (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
> (no debugging symbols found)...
> Program received signal SIGBUS, Bus error.
> 0x7ccdd8 in forceIO_info ()
> (gdb) where
> #0  0x7ccdd8 in forceIO_info ()
> #1  0x7ccec0 in stg_init_ret ()
> #2  0x7c45b4 in schedule ()
> #3  0x7c4bd8 in waitThread ()
> #4  0x7c30a4 in rts_evalIO ()
> #5  0x7c2ab4 in main ()
> #6  0x700df450 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6

Which .hc files did you use?  To port to a new architecture you really
need to start from an unregisterised build.  As I recall, 4.08.2 also
has some 64-bit incompatibilities, which might cause problems porting to
sparc64.

I don't want to put you off, but this *really* isn't for the
faint-hearted ;-)

You might want to talk to Ken Shan <ken@digitas.harvard.edu> who did the
Alpha port recently, and there are some useful messages in the mailing
list archives (use Google's "search site" facility to search haskell.org
for "GHC Alpha port").

Cheers,
	Simon