From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 31 21:43:17 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 9C2AD16A418 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:43:17 +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 696F013C45D for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:43:17 +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 1JKhBj-0007pL-4b; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:43:15 +0100 Message-Id: From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Eirik_=D8verby?= To: Landon Fuller In-Reply-To: <6643EEC4-3DEE-479D-9EA1-F907CB31B345@bikemonkey.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:43:14 +0100 References: <1A554062-5E54-4914-BC8A-AAD580D6EC27@anduin.net> <6643EEC4-3DEE-479D-9EA1-F907CB31B345@bikemonkey.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:43:17 -0000 On Jan 31, 2008, at 10:37 PM, Landon Fuller wrote: > > On Jan 30, 2008, at 14:42, Eirik =D8verby wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> an old boring question coming up again... >> >> For various reasons we have some interest in getting Java running =20 >> on FreeBSD-SPARC64. Also, the sun4v platform is of interest, but =20 >> currently mostly academic such as the FreeBSD port to sun4v isn't =20 >> useful at this stage. >> >> We are using FreeBSD on a load of old SUN servers that their owners =20= >> can't or won't dispose of. Having Java available would make these =20 >> 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 =20 >> bring Java 1.5 to fbsd-sparc64? > > At first glance, it doesn't look to be more than a couple weeks of =20 > work (at the high end). Someone on the OpenJDK lists recently asked =20= > about Linux/Sparc, which would require roughly the same effort =20 > (implementing os_cpu for bsd_sparc): > = http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2007-September/000138.h= tml > = http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/porters-dev/2008-January/000078.htm= l > >> And what kind of money/support/inspiration would be needed to make =20= >> this a priority? > > Seems like the biggest problem is access to freebsd/sparc64, and -- =20= > of course -- finding someone sufficiently excited about doing the =20 > porting work =3D) I can provide access to one or more jails on fbsd/sparc64. Even host =20 access can be considered if necessary. /Eirik > > > -landonf