From owner-freebsd-java Thu Apr 26 0:41:53 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from areilly.bpc-users.org (CPE-144-132-234-126.nsw.bigpond.net.au [144.132.234.126]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3493237B423 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2001 00:41:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from areilly@bigpond.net.au) Received: (qmail 46561 invoked by uid 1000); 26 Apr 2001 07:41:51 -0000 From: "Andrew Reilly" Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:41:51 +1000 To: Greg Lewis Cc: java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: java for FreeBSD/alpha Message-ID: <20010426174150.A46497@gurney.reilly.home> References: <3AD882C5.EEEC722@voicenet.com> <3ADC3018.9D9F7E08@FreeBSD.org> <15068.24769.146325.318029@nomad.yogotech.com> <20010426153822.A22802@misty.eyesbeyond.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010426153822.A22802@misty.eyesbeyond.com>; from glewis@eyesbeyond.com on Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 03:38:23PM +0930 Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 03:38:23PM +0930, Greg Lewis wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 09:26:57AM -0600, Nate Williams wrote: > > > > whats going on with the alpha port of the Sun/JDK stuff ? > > > > is there a port/effort? > > > > There is hardware in place to do the port, but so far no one has stepped > > up to the plate to do it. > > Biggest problem at the moment is the pieces of assembler that need > writing. Does anyone even know where there is some documentation on > alpha assembler? How about: http://www.support.compaq.com/alpha-tools/documentation/current/chip-docs.html The things that probably need assembly language help (not having ever looked at it...) might bear a resemblance to some of the assembly code that's already in the /src/sys tree (state saving for task switching, and so on). -- Andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message