From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 7 20:01:37 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 447A116A402 for ; Mon, 7 May 2007 20:01:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (gerbercreations.com [71.39.140.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0877213C45E for ; Mon, 7 May 2007 20:01:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.13.1/8.13.3) with ESMTP id l47K1ZYK039311; Mon, 7 May 2007 13:01:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.13.1/8.13.3/Submit) id l47K1YfR039310; Mon, 7 May 2007 13:01:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 13:01:33 -0700 From: Greg Lewis To: Kris Kennaway Message-ID: <20070507200133.GA39275@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <6d7d37410705031723lbbaa963gb34b698f9c26f73d@mail.gmail.com> <20070504004031.GA96649@xor.obsecurity.org> <20070507181632.GA38445@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <20070507181916.GA49871@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070507181916.GA49871@xor.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java on FBSD-sparc64? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 20:01:37 -0000 On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 02:19:16PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 11:16:32AM -0700, Greg Lewis wrote: > > On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 08:40:31PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 02:23:33AM +0200, Didrik Madheden wrote: > > > > I'm looking for a virtual machine with decent performance. (And > > > > preferably a JDK, commandline preferred) I've tried a few things in > > > > ports, but unfortunately, mos of it was i386/amd64 only. > > > > Is it possible, or do I have to switch to some flavour of Solaris? > > > > > > It is not possible at this time. Probably there has not been enough > > > interest for someone to port it. > > > > Last I checked, the only threading library that worked on sparc64 was > > libc_r, and that is going away at the end of 6.x. So that also puts a > > dampener on things unless its changed. > > > > FWIW, JDK 1.3 was partially ported to sparc64, but not all the 64 bit > > uncleanliness was worked out. JDK 1.5 and up should be 64 bit clean, > > but there hasn't been much interest in a sparc64 port. > > No, libthr has worked for some time. Cool :). I was unaware of that. Maybe I'll fire up my Ultra 10 when the 1.6 port is done :). Bootstrapping could be seriously painful, but that can be worked around. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org