Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:07:00 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Tim Liddelow <tim@ideasandassociates.com> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Contributing... Message-ID: <15238.35252.932124.125713@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <3B8688AA.6956F1BD@ideasandassociates.com> References: <3B8688AA.6956F1BD@ideasandassociates.com>
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> I'm a senior developer / kernel hacker that would like to help out in > the Java porting effort to my OS of choice, FreeBSD. I have recently > downloaded the 1.3.1 kit + patchset and have the following questions: > > For native threads, has there been any consideration on the linuxthreads > port ? Some, but for legal reasons, the linuxthreads port will not be a default part of the FreeBSD kernel, and there is potential GPL contamination if we use it for the JDK. > How is "native" threading implemented in the 1.3.1 kit currently > ? It's linked against FreeBSD threaded library, libc_r. > I'd like to contribute to making the FreeBSD 1.3.1 kit a port as > well. Greg has this done, although I don't believe it has been committed. There are still a few minor gotchas that needed to be ironed out after his initial contribution, but I believe he's followed them up with patches to correct it. > Also, what about HotSpot ? Has anyone attempted to port this to any of > the BSDs ? I'm looking at other JITs now. The latest TYA doesn't > build under the 1.3.1 kit. That would be a *great* project to start on, given your experience. No one has (publically) started on HotSpot, so if you could take the time and see what's what, that would be a great help! Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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