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Subject: Re: Pre-alpha JDK 1.2.2 patches -- issues
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> > > 5.  Sun JIT compiler.
> > >     It appears that the Sun JIT compiler (libsunwjit.so) is supplied as a
> > >     precompiled Solaris x86 binary without source code.  This leaves us
> > >     rather hamstrung in getting this to work.
> 
> > I talked with the Blackdown team at
> > JavaOne, and they implied that a Sun engineer gave them a binary copy of
> > the JIT compiled for Linux.
> 
> Now the Blackdown team has the source code of the sunwjit.
> But it might be passed under the special contract
> between the Blackdown and Sun, I suppose.

I certainly can't see source code in the Linux source code release that
Sun recently did.  But maybe its just that I haven't looked thoroughly
enough :).

> In java-linux ML, Jueregn Kreileder as a main developer
> in the team said:

I might try contacting Juergen directly, thanks for the information!

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