From owner-freebsd-java Fri Aug 24 10: 7: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from ns.yogotech.com (ns.yogotech.com [206.127.123.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5216B37B406 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:07:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nate@yogotech.com) Received: from nomad.yogotech.com (nomad.yogotech.com [206.127.123.131]) by ns.yogotech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA15825; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:07:01 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nate@nomad.yogotech.com) Received: (from nate@localhost) by nomad.yogotech.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA23887; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:07:01 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from nate) From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15238.35252.932124.125713@nomad.yogotech.com> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:07:00 -0600 To: Tim Liddelow Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Contributing... In-Reply-To: <3B8688AA.6956F1BD@ideasandassociates.com> References: <3B8688AA.6956F1BD@ideasandassociates.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.95 under 21.1 (patch 12) "Channel Islands" XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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