Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 17:00:43 +0800 (WST) From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@obiwan.aceonline.com.au> To: Doug Rabson <dfr@render.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java binary support in FreeBSD ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.960111165904.9711B-100000@obiwan.aceonline.com.au> In-Reply-To: <seene29nw0.fsf@minnow.render.com>
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> > I as just wondering if there was any plans to introduce java binary > > compatibility into the FreeBSD kernel. Not a java compiler / appletviewer > > in the KERNEL itself, but something like what LInux does, ie you echo the > > paths of the java executer and appletview into > > /proc/sys/kernel/java-interpreter and ../applet-viewer, and everytime a > > java binary is run, it runs the appropriate program with the right > > arguements, and there is your nice java binary running. :) > > If this happens at all, it should probably use sysctl to give the > interpreter names to the kernel. > Well yep, thats how things are done in FreeBSD vs. Linux. And to set stuff like CLASSPATH, just another sysctl call. Note we aren't incoporating the *INTERPRETER* into the kernel, just the support to RUN the interpreter whenever a java image is executed. Again, I'll look at the linux source for it tonight. Adrian
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