From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 02:55:50 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBB88106564A for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:55:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chmeeedalf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AA858FC08 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:55:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iaeo4 with SMTP id o4so1187875iae.13 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:55:49 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of chmeeedalf@gmail.com designates 10.50.15.234 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.50.15.234; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of chmeeedalf@gmail.com designates 10.50.15.234 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=chmeeedalf@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=chmeeedalf@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.50.15.234]) by 10.50.15.234 with SMTP id a10mr1173042igd.29.1329965749960 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:55:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GbOFrbokcB/9ioZwcw6MlDn3+7oQKlNriGGPdVH9BNE=; b=SLH1CB3w/uoTbgIx6q9cRtC89WbE7z1koSV0qfNl/d0yQomU5SAc2Qzd9zQ8MORcLH njRFxS9v8rX3kWaPvSq8fxeHcqIx+33KON5CmsaiwyBWh1v3zmFMHRLJAqR+/mNoVpRw aitX+qmhpupoBAbXEJMf2NHkZOWcKgyv7zvsg= Received: by 10.50.15.234 with SMTP id a10mr1011094igd.29.1329965749908; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:55:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from narn.knownspace (216-15-41-8.c3-0.gth-ubr1.lnh-gth.md.cable.rcn.com. [216.15.41.8]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id z22sm39827118ibg.5.2012.02.22.18.55.48 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:55:49 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:55:46 -0500 From: Justin Hibbits To: Super Bisquit Message-ID: <20120222215546.26d79836@narn.knownspace> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; powerpc-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: Suggestions for porting software and other items X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:55:50 -0000 On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:52:26 -0500 Super Bisquit wrote: > How difficult would it be for me to port JAVA to FreeBSD on the > Power(PC) platform? > I don't know code but I can use another port as a a template. I've > just joined the IBM POWER community and have access to the Linux > version of JAVA. > > Second. I recently met a gentleman from NASA; I'll get back to this in > a minute. Anyway ...., NASA's programs are open sourced now. One > program/suite that would probably work better on either the Power(PC) > or SPARC architecture is S4P. > > After talking with the person in question, I learned about NASA's > internship program. > I'm just curious as to whether or not there is a need/want/desire for > having FreeBSD systems in such an area. > > Way of topic: Does anyone think that combining the SPARC and POWER > architectures into a single cpu would be beneficial? If you have access to the Linux/ppc source, porting to FreeBSD shouldn't be too difficult, but likely non-trivial. Which version do you have access to? I believe the latest one available is for 1.5, but the latest Java for x86 is 6 or 7. I had started on trying to get vmkit building, but put that on hold after just getting gcj building (recall my post a few months ago regarding that). - Justin