mcdonald@fornax.UUCP (Ken Mcdonald) (03/19/91)
I have a need to make use of Common Lisp on the NeXT in the very near
future (i.e. I have a time frame of about three to four weeks in
which I want to hack together a prototype of a program on the NeXT.)
Sadly, the current version of Common LISP does not work with '040
processors, and even more sadly, every machine in sight at my
universitly seems to have done the '040 upgrade. Question: is there
any way to get Common Lisp functioning on these machines?
If someone can provide an appropriate patch, I'd very much appreciate it.
Alternatively, I've heard rumours that it is possible to put an '030
CPU board in with an '040, and get it working; if you can provide
instructions, this is OK too. Any and all other suggestions will be
most gratefully received.
Preferred method of response is via e-mail to "mcdonald@cs.sfu.ca".
Alternatively, post to this group, and I should get to it. If
interest warrants, and I get enough e-mail replies, I will post
a summary.
Thanks in advance for all the help,
Ken McDonald
{mcdonald@cs.sfu.ca}
.tenny@ootool.dec.com (Dave Tenny) (03/19/91)
In article <2311@fornax.UUCP>, mcdonald@fornax.UUCP (Ken Mcdonald) writes... > > >I have a need to make use of Common Lisp on the NeXT in the very near >future (i.e. I have a time frame of about three to four weeks in >which I want to hack together a prototype of a program on the NeXT.) >Sadly, the current version of Common LISP does not work with '040 >processors, and even more sadly, every machine in sight at my >universitly seems to have done the '040 upgrade. Question: is there >any way to get Common Lisp functioning on these machines? There are no patches. To run lisp on an 040, you need to get the ACL upgrade from Franz, Inc. I don't think they've shipped it yet, or plan to until April. Dave
garnett@cs.utexas.edu (John William Garnett) (03/20/91)
In article <1991Mar19.132422.27254@engage.enet.dec.com> tenny@ootool.dec.com (Dave Tenny) writes: > >In article <2311@fornax.UUCP>, mcdonald@fornax.UUCP (Ken Mcdonald) writes... >> >> >>I have a need to make use of Common Lisp on the NeXT in the very near >>future (i.e. I have a time frame of about three to four weeks in >>which I want to hack together a prototype of a program on the NeXT.) >>Sadly, the current version of Common LISP does not work with '040 >>processors, and even more sadly, every machine in sight at my >>universitly seems to have done the '040 upgrade. Question: is there >>any way to get Common Lisp functioning on these machines? > >There are no patches. To run lisp on an 040, you need to get the ACL >upgrade from Franz, Inc. I don't think they've shipped it yet, or plan >to until April. > >Dave Perhaps it is time for a repost: Article 13828 of comp.sys.next: Path: cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!shelby!agate!ziploc!eps From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Lisp in 2.0 Message-ID: <1339@toaster.SFSU.EDU> Date: 22 Feb 91 00:27:50 GMT References: <1991Feb21.001055.5896@zip.eecs.umich.edu> Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) Organization: San Francisco State University Lines: 104 In article <1991Feb21.001055.5896@zip.eecs.umich.edu> telfeyan@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Roland Telfeyan) writes: > (2) [Important] What is the workaround for getting the 1.0 >version to work in 2.0? In the upgrade manual it says that there >is an alteration that can be done, but it says nothing more (p. 5). Attached. -=EPS=- ------- Franz Allegro Common Lisp 2.0 1.0 Q: Why can't I use my 1.0 version of Franz Allegro Common Lisp under 2.0? Is there something I can do to make it work until an update becomes available? A: The 1.0 release of Common Lisp does not work with Release 2.0 for several reasons: 1. the Mach header of the .o files have some uninitialized fields 2. the libNeXT and libdsp have some incompatibilities and cannot be used 3. foreign loading doesn't quite work (and perhaps other unknown things). The 1.0 version may be modified to more or less work (i.e. no NeXTstep, no dsp, limited foreign code interface) as follows. THIS WILL ONLY WORK FOR 030 MACHINES!!! There is no known fix for the 040 machines. Make sure that the /usr/cl directory from 1.0 is backed up. Also save the /usr/lib/emacs/lisp/fi directory if you like that sort of thing. After building a 2.0 system, re-install the /usr/cl directory. Save the following program as fixlispheader.c: ========================================================= #include <mach.h> #include <sys/loader.h> #include <sys/file.h> #include <nlist.h> /* * This fixes the mach header of /usr/cl/build/static.o for * release 2.0 */ main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int fd; struct mach_header mh; struct nlist nl; fd = open("static.o", O_RDWR); read(fd, &mh, sizeof(mh)); mh.cputype = CPU_TYPE_MC680x0; mh.cpusubtype = CPU_SUBTYPE_MC68030; lseek(fd, 0, L_SET); write(fd, &mh, sizeof(mh)); lseek(fd, 1400832, L_SET); read(fd, &nl, sizeof(nl)); nl.n_type = N_SECT | N_EXT; nl.n_sect = 1; lseek(fd, 1400832, L_SET); write(fd, &nl, sizeof(nl)); } ==================================================================== Compile this program: (i.e., "cc -o fixlispheader fixlispheader.c"), then in a shell as root: # cd /usr/cl/build # fixlispheader This will destructively modify the static.o file so that it works with the 2.0 release. Before doing a normal "config" operation to build the lisp image, the config file must be modified to not link in libNeXT and libdsp. Open /usr/cl/build/config and change line 679 from LDFLAGS = -lcrt0.o -u _NXEditorFilter -u _DSPAwaitData to LDFLAGS = -lcrt0.o Also change line 680 from LIBRARIES = -lNeXT_s -ldsp_s -lsys_s to LIBRARIES = -lsys_s After these modifications, run the configuration script as normal. Dynamic foreign code loading is also broken: (load "foo.o") will not work. The workaround is to build a custom image (using the configuration script) with your code linked in. To do this, add your .o files to the LIBRARIES macro mentioned above. For example: LIBRARIES = /me/foo.o -lsys_s When running this image, use the lisp defforeign function as usual. -- John Garnett University of Texas at Austin garnett@cs.utexas.edu Department of Computer Science Austin, Texas
layer@Franz.COM (Kevin Layer) (03/22/91)
I am happy to announce that Allegro Common Lisp for NeXT 2.0/2.1 with either an 030 or 040 board is now released. It is being distributed on 8-1.44MB 3.5" micro floppy disks. Contact Franz Inc. at (415) 548-3600 or info@franz.com for more information. -- Kevin Layer, Franz Inc. 1995 University Avenue, Suite 275 layer@Franz.COM (internet) Berkeley, CA 94704 uunet!franz!layer (uucp) Phone: (415) 548-3600; FAX: (415) 548-8253