64bit Flash Player on Linux - Do It Yourself
In a recent blog post, James Ward from Adobe write about where the 64bit support for flash player on linux is. The main point in the post is, that Adobe, by open sourcing the VM of the flashplayer in the tamarin project, has made it possible for us to do the 64bit support for them. He points out, that getting 64bit support is not just a simple recompile, due to the JIT compiler in Tamarin producing 32bit code. He then finishes the post with:
“…This IS open source! You can help get 64-bit Linux support for Flash Player!”
Is this what we had hopen for, when Adobe started opensourcing parts of the flashplayer? Is this really Adobe saying, that if we want 64bit support, we should go develop it ourselves? By the way, even if someone did (and I sure am not qualified to do so myself), that person would not be able to produce a 64bit linux player. Because that tamarin build would have to be integrated with the not-yet-open parts of the player.
And even if we could, would we do it? Is this the attitude and angle on opensource, that we want from Adobe?
Hi,
I’m not saying that the community should do this themselves but rather that Adobe has limited resources and the port to 64-bit would happen sooner if the community participated in helping make it happen.
-James
May 16th, 2008 at 22:43People have said “If only the community could contribute, then 64-bit memory addressing would be a snap!”
People still say it, but haven’t quite realized that they *can* contribute in this area, if they wish.
jd/adobe
May 16th, 2008 at 23:36