From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 30 23:46:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B5B916A41B for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:46:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ltning@anduin.net) Received: from anduin.net (anduin.net [213.225.74.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D269313C4EC for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:46:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ltning@anduin.net) Received: from ranger.anduin.net ([212.62.248.147] helo=[192.168.2.10]) by anduin.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1JKLdw-000Bk1-GO for freebsd-java@freebsd.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:42:56 +0100 Message-Id: <1A554062-5E54-4914-BC8A-AAD580D6EC27@anduin.net> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Eirik_=D8verby?= To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:42:55 +0100 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Subject: Sparc64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:46:06 -0000 Hi all, an old boring question coming up again... For various reasons we have some interest in getting Java running on FreeBSD-SPARC64. Also, the sun4v platform is of interest, but currently mostly academic such as the FreeBSD port to sun4v isn't useful at this stage. We are using FreeBSD on a load of old SUN servers that their owners can't or won't dispose of. Having Java available would make these systems even more useful, and might bring in more business for us. So, put plainly, what kind of man-hours are we talking about to bring Java 1.5 to fbsd-sparc64? And what kind of money/support/inspiration would be needed to make this a priority? Thanks, /Eirik