Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:24:48 -0500 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Suggestions for porting software and other items Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOtcpLpKfx2mnWJfFmu4nGQzajYq%2BzeLz7QCBCMkL02X-A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BWntOtN6HSeV_kiasGta=KazGx55C%2BHT%2Bs=W5yojK=XrTTB3g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BWntOvGTH5fYMrYKH4XWTDTVapQ5SmC%2BWTb3-O3cBv4nT1aOg@mail.gmail.com> <20120222215546.26d79836@narn.knownspace> <CA%2BWntOtN6HSeV_kiasGta=KazGx55C%2BHT%2Bs=W5yojK=XrTTB3g@mail.gmail.com>
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If you say so, I'll ask someone at both the Oracle/JAVA and IBM/POWERLinux forums about acquiring the source package. It may be worthwhile if a few members of the FReeBSD community- those with commit priviledges, et al- would also join both forums. On 2/23/12, Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> wrote: > JRE and SDK are at version 7 for PPC linux > > On 2/22/12, Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:52:26 -0500 >> Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> 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 >> >
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