From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 31 22:44:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FC6316A417 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:44:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from landonf@bikemonkey.org) Received: from secure.bikemonkey.org (bluefish.bikemonkey.org [69.80.211.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04B4D13C459 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:44:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from landonf@bikemonkey.org) Received: from [192.168.54.11] (unknown [192.168.54.11]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by secure.bikemonkey.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5FC21703C; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:44:48 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1A554062-5E54-4914-BC8A-AAD580D6EC27@anduin.net> <6643EEC4-3DEE-479D-9EA1-F907CB31B345@bikemonkey.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753) Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Apple-Mail-46-173986886" Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Landon Fuller Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:44:46 -0800 To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Eirik_=D8verby?= X-Pgp-Agent: GPGMail 1.1.2 (Tiger) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753) Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sparc64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:44:49 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --Apple-Mail-46-173986886 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Jan 31, 2008, at 13:43, Eirik =D8verby wrote: > On Jan 31, 2008, at 10:37 PM, Landon Fuller wrote: > >> >> On Jan 30, 2008, at 14:42, Eirik =D8verby wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> an old boring question coming up again... >>> >>> For various reasons we have some interest in getting Java running =20= >>> on FreeBSD-SPARC64. Also, the sun4v platform is of interest, but =20 >>> currently mostly academic such as the FreeBSD port to sun4v isn't =20= >>> useful at this stage. >>> >>> We are using FreeBSD on a load of old SUN servers that their =20 >>> owners can't or won't dispose of. Having Java available would =20 >>> make these systems even more useful, and might bring in more =20 >>> business for us. >>> >>> So, put plainly, what kind of man-hours are we talking about to =20 >>> bring Java 1.5 to fbsd-sparc64? >> >> At first glance, it doesn't look to be more than a couple weeks of =20= >> work (at the high end). Someone on the OpenJDK lists recently =20 >> asked about Linux/Sparc, which would require roughly the same =20 >> effort (implementing os_cpu for bsd_sparc): >> = http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2007-September/=20 >> 000138.html >> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/porters-dev/2008-January/=20= >> 000078.html >> >>> And what kind of money/support/inspiration would be needed to =20 >>> make this a priority? >> >> Seems like the biggest problem is access to freebsd/sparc64, and =20 >> -- of course -- finding someone sufficiently excited about doing =20 >> the porting work =3D) > > I can provide access to one or more jails on fbsd/sparc64. Even =20 > host access can be considered if necessary. What's the status of svr4 emulation on sparc64? I forgot a critical =20 piece; One needs a bootstrap JVM, and bootstrapping off of Sun's VM =20 would make things easier. -landonf= --Apple-Mail-46-173986886 content-type: application/pgp-signature; x-mac-type=70674453; name=PGP.sig content-description: This is a digitally signed message part content-disposition: inline; filename=PGP.sig content-transfer-encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iD8DBQFHok9elplZCE/15mMRApZXAJ9KmoKEA+HXBtq1fmkZwpnwxqa4aACeL+sJ uKn7XF7s83GoyDTjASpkyQg= =/4eT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail-46-173986886--