New images up with fixes

Lee Salzman lsalzman1 at cox.net
Fri Jun 3 09:47:39 PDT 2005


I do believe this was the problem. I uploaded new alpha VM/images that 
should
fix it, so try them out and let me know if it gets rid of the problem or 
not.

Lee

Lee Salzman wrote:

> It's possible that some structure is the wrong size due to differences
> in alignments on the platform. I would check that and see.
>
> Lee
>
> Lendvai Attila wrote:
>
>> :: This image set should have all the latest bug-fixes so /may/ :: 
>> provide  :: some help to those experiencing the current problem on 
>> Windows  :: (sorry, I don't have a definite fix yet until some 
>> deeper  :: investigation is done by Windows users or myself if I can 
>> get an  :: emulation or real XP installation going).
>>
>> I've added some output what messages are sent:
>>
>> Console
>> atSlotNamed:
>> write:to:from:startingAt:
>> Bootstrapping libraries... (this may take a while. Save the image when
>> done).
>> ByteArray
>> Slate: Growing heap to 4786844 bytes.
>>
>> This is not much...
>>
>> Then I stopped the process and it was looping in
>> PSObjectHeap_findNextFree(), because the PSObject_totalSize() call
>> returns zero for an object at address 4934080 (heap starts at around
>> 4300000). The object is a FormatObject type. Its map is at 0x004300a0
>> (early on the heap...)
>>
>> So the hang is at the first time the gc is triggered and there's a zero
>> sized object somewhere in the bootstrapped image. This is strange
>> because it should be the same on unices, too.
>>
>> Novo, if you have any questions I'll be able to look at it early today
>> your time, or at monday.
>>
>> - 101
>>
>>
>>  
>>
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