From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 22 23:52:26 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B082F1065672 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:52:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from superbisquit@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f54.google.com (mail-pw0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 862AB8FC0C for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:52:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbcxa7 with SMTP id xa7so814901pbc.13 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:52:26 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of superbisquit@gmail.com designates 10.68.218.161 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.68.218.161; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of superbisquit@gmail.com designates 10.68.218.161 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=superbisquit@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=superbisquit@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.68.218.161]) by 10.68.218.161 with SMTP id ph1mr94269217pbc.107.1329954746142 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:52:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=GdCbCSUO/bNPQuxYTlw2KJdV9hYijkr82TiB37WyvvA=; b=Brz7P7kjlMTXROzmoFh+iTGIzr9ji51Pk+g1NEB6DJZH4mKpvg73bI94/yTcoTkDC6 3y6qnJNptrGtrMXY2IcNc7nbrpj6odycdqN3QGBnZlZeaeRO7x4CdRa/ofqHrm7te+5a 9NLy1i9ZGvFwGKO0aL4fqKHa8Gf7FAOdwR7ZA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.218.161 with SMTP id ph1mr77497160pbc.107.1329954746093; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:52:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.48.35 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:52:26 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:52:26 -0500 Message-ID: From: Super Bisquit To: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Suggestions for porting software and other items X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:52:26 -0000 How difficult would it be for me to port JAVA to FreeBSD on the Power(PC) platform? I don't know code but I can use another port as a a template. I've just joined the IBM POWER community and have access to the Linux version of JAVA. Second. I recently met a gentleman from NASA; I'll get back to this in a minute. Anyway ...., NASA's programs are open sourced now. One program/suite that would probably work better on either the Power(PC) or SPARC architecture is S4P. After talking with the person in question, I learned about NASA's internship program. I'm just curious as to whether or not there is a need/want/desire for having FreeBSD systems in such an area. Way of topic: Does anyone think that combining the SPARC and POWER architectures into a single cpu would be beneficial?