Re: [ARMini-support] Problems with NetSurf
- From: Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Armini support <armini-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:57:43 +0100
The following bytes were arranged on 7 Jun 2012 by Chris Hughes :
> In message <58a3119c52.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Martin Bazley <martin.bazley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The following bytes were arranged on 5 Jun 2012 by John Greenwood :
>
> > [snip]
>
> >> It seems to occur when another window is moved across the NetSurf window.
>
> > That strongly suggests that it's something to do with what NetSurf is
> > using to redraw the window, and that in turn incriminates Tinct. The
> > Tinct module is not ARMv7 compatible. Are you absolutely sure you have
> > followed the official advice to set both of NetSurf's "Image quality"
> > options to "Use OS"?
>
> Works fine here with the standard settings. and Tinct is 32 bit OK
> otherwise other ARMini/beagleboard users would be complaining.
You've got yourself a bit confused there. "32 bit OK" refers to whether
code runs on the Iyonix. The ARMini and BeagleBoard require a whole new
set of code changes in order to be fully compatible, referred to as
being "ARMv7 OK". The two concepts are entirely distinct, although
obviously code which won't run on an Iyonix won't run on an ARMini
either.
The additional changes required for the ARMini are detailed on the ROOL
wiki here:
http://www.riscosopen.org/wiki/documentation/show/ARMv7%20compatibility%20primer
Now, next question: Does John have alignment exceptions turned on? The
ARMini's default setting (accessible from Configure) is off, and it's
entirely possible that Tinct is one of the legacy programs which works
by accident in the almost-but-not-quite-compatible environment that the
'alignment exceptions off' setting provides.
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