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-Status
-======
-
-libffi-3.0.9 was released on December 31, 2009. Check the libffi web
-page for updates: <URL:http://sourceware.org/libffi/>.
-
-
-What is libffi?
-===============
-
-Compilers for high level languages generate code that follow certain
-conventions. These conventions are necessary, in part, for separate
-compilation to work. One such convention is the "calling
-convention". The "calling convention" is essentially a set of
-assumptions made by the compiler about where function arguments will
-be found on entry to a function. A "calling convention" also specifies
-where the return value for a function is found.
-
-Some programs may not know at the time of compilation what arguments
-are to be passed to a function. For instance, an interpreter may be
-told at run-time about the number and types of arguments used to call
-a given function. Libffi can be used in such programs to provide a
-bridge from the interpreter program to compiled code.
-
-The libffi library provides a portable, high level programming
-interface to various calling conventions. This allows a programmer to
-call any function specified by a call interface description at run
-time.  
-
-FFI stands for Foreign Function Interface.  A foreign function
-interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code
-written in one language to call code written in another language. The
-libffi library really only provides the lowest, machine dependent
-layer of a fully featured foreign function interface. A layer must
-exist above libffi that handles type conversions for values passed
-between the two languages.
-
-
-Supported Platforms
-===================
-
-Libffi has been ported to many different platforms.
-For specific configuration details and testing status, please
-refer to the wiki page here:
-
- http://www.moxielogic.org/wiki/index.php?title=Libffi_3.0.9
-
-At the time of release, the following basic configurations have been
-tested:
-
-|--------------+------------------|
-| Architecture | Operating System |
-|--------------+------------------|
-| Alpha        | Linux            |
-| ARM          | Linux            |
-| AVR32        | Linux            |
-| HPPA         | HPUX             |
-| IA-64        | Linux            |
-| MIPS         | IRIX             |
-| MIPS         | Linux            |
-| MIPS64       | Linux            |
-| PowerPC      | Linux            |
-| PowerPC      | Mac OSX          |
-| PowerPC      | FreeBSD          |
-| PowerPC64    | Linux            |
-| S390         | Linux            |
-| S390X        | Linux            |
-| SPARC        | Linux            |
-| SPARC        | Solaris          |
-| SPARC64      | Linux            |
-| SPARC64      | FreeBSD          |
-| X86          | FreeBSD          |
-| X86          | kFreeBSD         |
-| X86          | Linux            |
-| X86          | Mac OSX          |
-| X86          | OpenBSD          |
-| X86          | Solaris          |
-| X86          | Windows/Cygwin   |
-| X86          | Windows/MingW    |
-| X86-64       | FreeBSD          |
-| X86-64       | Linux            |
-| X86-64       | OpenBSD          |
-|--------------+------------------|
-
-Please send additional platform test results to
-libffi-discuss@sourceware.org and feel free to update the wiki page
-above.
-
-Installing libffi
-=================
-
-First you must configure the distribution for your particular
-system. Go to the directory you wish to build libffi in and run the
-"configure" program found in the root directory of the libffi source
-distribution.
-
-You may want to tell configure where to install the libffi library and
-header files. To do that, use the --prefix configure switch.  Libffi
-will install under /usr/local by default. 
-
-If you want to enable extra run-time debugging checks use the the
---enable-debug configure switch. This is useful when your program dies
-mysteriously while using libffi. 
-
-Another useful configure switch is --enable-purify-safety. Using this
-will add some extra code which will suppress certain warnings when you
-are using Purify with libffi. Only use this switch when using 
-Purify, as it will slow down the library.
-
-Configure has many other options. Use "configure --help" to see them all.
-
-Once configure has finished, type "make". Note that you must be using
-GNU make.  You can ftp GNU make from prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu.
-
-To ensure that libffi is working as advertised, type "make check".
-This will require that you have DejaGNU installed.
-
-To install the library and header files, type "make install".
-
-
-History
-=======
-
-See the ChangeLog files for details.
-
-3.0.9 Dec-31-09
-        Add AVR32 and win64 ports.  Add ARM softfp support.
-	Many fixes for AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, *BSD.
-	Several PowerPC and x86-64 bug fixes.
-	Build DLL for windows.
-
-3.0.8 Dec-19-08
-        Add *BSD, BeOS, and PA-Linux support.
-
-3.0.7 Nov-11-08
-        Fix for ppc FreeBSD.
-	(thanks to Andreas Tobler)
-
-3.0.6 Jul-17-08
-        Fix for closures on sh.
-	Mark the sh/sh64 stack as non-executable.
-	(both thanks to Kaz Kojima)
-
-3.0.5 Apr-3-08
-        Fix libffi.pc file.
-	Fix #define ARM for IcedTea users.
-	Fix x86 closure bug.
-
-3.0.4 Feb-24-08
-        Fix x86 OpenBSD configury.
-
-3.0.3 Feb-22-08
-        Enable x86 OpenBSD thanks to Thomas Heller, and
-	x86-64 FreeBSD thanks to Björn König and Andreas Tobler.
-	Clean up test instruction in README.
-
-3.0.2 Feb-21-08
-        Improved x86 FreeBSD support.
-	Thanks to Björn König.
-
-3.0.1 Feb-15-08
-        Fix instruction cache flushing bug on MIPS.
-	Thanks to David Daney.
-
-3.0.0 Feb-15-08
-        Many changes, mostly thanks to the GCC project.
-	Cygnus Solutions is now Red Hat.
-
-  [10 years go by...]
-
-1.20 Oct-5-98
-	Raffaele Sena produces ARM port.
-
-1.19 Oct-5-98
-	Fixed x86 long double and long long return support.
-	m68k bug fixes from Andreas Schwab.
-	Patch for DU assembler compatibility for the Alpha from Richard
-	Henderson.
-
-1.18 Apr-17-98
-	Bug fixes and MIPS configuration changes.
-
-1.17 Feb-24-98
-	Bug fixes and m68k port from Andreas Schwab. PowerPC port from
-	Geoffrey Keating. Various bug x86, Sparc and MIPS bug fixes.
-
-1.16 Feb-11-98
-	Richard Henderson produces Alpha port.
-
-1.15 Dec-4-97
-	Fixed an n32 ABI bug. New libtool, auto* support.
-
-1.14 May-13-97
-	libtool is now used to generate shared and static libraries.
-	Fixed a minor portability problem reported by Russ McManus
-	<mcmanr@eq.gs.com>.
-
-1.13 Dec-2-96
-	Added --enable-purify-safety to keep Purify from complaining
-	about certain low level code.
-	Sparc fix for calling functions with < 6 args.
-	Linux x86 a.out fix.
-
-1.12 Nov-22-96
-	Added missing ffi_type_void, needed for supporting void return 
-	types. Fixed test case for non MIPS machines. Cygnus Support 
-	is now Cygnus Solutions. 
-
-1.11 Oct-30-96
-	Added notes about GNU make.
-
-1.10 Oct-29-96
-	Added configuration fix for non GNU compilers.
-
-1.09 Oct-29-96
-	Added --enable-debug configure switch. Clean-ups based on LCLint 
-	feedback. ffi_mips.h is always installed. Many configuration 
-	fixes. Fixed ffitest.c for sparc builds.
-
-1.08 Oct-15-96
-	Fixed n32 problem. Many clean-ups.
-
-1.07 Oct-14-96
-	Gordon Irlam rewrites v8.S again. Bug fixes.
-
-1.06 Oct-14-96
-	Gordon Irlam improved the sparc port. 
-
-1.05 Oct-14-96
-	Interface changes based on feedback.
-
-1.04 Oct-11-96
-	Sparc port complete (modulo struct passing bug).
-
-1.03 Oct-10-96
-	Passing struct args, and returning struct values works for
-	all architectures/calling conventions. Expanded tests.
-
-1.02 Oct-9-96
-	Added SGI n32 support. Fixed bugs in both o32 and Linux support.
-	Added "make test".
-
-1.01 Oct-8-96
-	Fixed float passing bug in mips version. Restructured some
-	of the code. Builds cleanly with SGI tools.
-
-1.00 Oct-7-96
-	First release. No public announcement.
-
-
-Authors & Credits
-=================
-
-libffi was originally written by Anthony Green <green@redhat.com>.
-
-The developers of the GNU Compiler Collection project have made
-innumerable valuable contributions.  See the ChangeLog file for
-details.
-
-Some of the ideas behind libffi were inspired by Gianni Mariani's free
-gencall library for Silicon Graphics machines.
-
-The closure mechanism was designed and implemented by Kresten Krab
-Thorup.
-
-Major processor architecture ports were contributed by the following
-developers:
-
-alpha		Richard Henderson
-arm		Raffaele Sena
-cris		Simon Posnjak, Hans-Peter Nilsson
-frv		Anthony Green
-ia64		Hans Boehm
-m32r		Kazuhiro Inaoka
-m68k		Andreas Schwab
-mips		Anthony Green, Casey Marshall
-mips64		David Daney
-pa		Randolph Chung, Dave Anglin, Andreas Tobler
-powerpc		Geoffrey Keating, Andreas Tobler, 
-			 David Edelsohn, John Hornkvist
-powerpc64	Jakub Jelinek
-s390		Gerhard Tonn, Ulrich Weigand
-sh		Kaz Kojima
-sh64		Kaz Kojima
-sparc		Anthony Green, Gordon Irlam
-x86		Anthony Green, Jon Beniston
-x86-64		Bo Thorsen
-
-Jesper Skov and Andrew Haley both did more than their fair share of
-stepping through the code and tracking down bugs.
-
-Thanks also to Tom Tromey for bug fixes, documentation and
-configuration help.
-
-Thanks to Jim Blandy, who provided some useful feedback on the libffi
-interface.
-
-Andreas Tobler has done a tremendous amount of work on the testsuite.
-
-Alex Oliva solved the executable page problem for SElinux.
-
-The list above is almost certainly incomplete and inaccurate.  I'm
-happy to make corrections or additions upon request.
-
-If you have a problem, or have found a bug, please send a note to
-green@redhat.com.