From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 24 09:55:59 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 1A9DD106566C for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:55:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f54.google.com (mail-pw0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA7F48FC12 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:55:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbcxa7 with SMTP id xa7so2682920pbc.13 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:55:58 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of superbisquit@gmail.com designates 10.68.74.72 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.68.74.72; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of superbisquit@gmail.com designates 10.68.74.72 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=superbisquit@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=superbisquit@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.68.74.72]) by 10.68.74.72 with SMTP id r8mr5354008pbv.86.1330077358662 (num_hops = 1); Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:55:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=Yt0p4LTleyi0U+XJycSXQJH1FPNLiZ42QmeyyRct40Y=; b=ts2Gem19zUxmwD1Sxue/j+k6pUhihO4VEIh02nY/p86pYCOODAD17zvUg+DS3LPY8t XGR744pK+h/aXU0X+WoFAxdDdxSCeVSO4Pu/STjvvLrvalQz5yWJR2m4F66U56frTKem OnA+HN2pw80AaF15OUNOdFVMvfPwwejuGLId8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.74.72 with SMTP id r8mr4465664pbv.86.1330077358422; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:55:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.48.35 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:55:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20120222215546.26d79836@narn.knownspace> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 04:55:58 -0500 Message-ID: From: Super Bisquit To: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:55:59 -0000 okay, this: ;; *freebsd*) cpuName=`uname -p 2> /dev/null from ibm-java-jre-7.0-0.0-ppc-archive.bin which basically states that FreeBSD support is already there. Who and how do I ask to let FreeBSD have a download? On 2/23/12, Super Bisquit wrote: > 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 wrote: >> JRE and SDK are at version 7 for PPC linux >> >> On 2/22/12, Justin Hibbits wrote: >>> 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 >>> >> >