Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:55:46 -0500 From: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> To: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Suggestions for porting software and other items Message-ID: <20120222215546.26d79836@narn.knownspace> In-Reply-To: <CA%2BWntOvGTH5fYMrYKH4XWTDTVapQ5SmC%2BWTb3-O3cBv4nT1aOg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2BWntOvGTH5fYMrYKH4XWTDTVapQ5SmC%2BWTb3-O3cBv4nT1aOg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:52:26 -0500 Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> wrote: > 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? If you have access to the Linux/ppc source, porting to FreeBSD shouldn't be too difficult, but likely non-trivial. Which version do you have access to? I believe the latest one available is for 1.5, but the latest Java for x86 is 6 or 7. I had started on trying to get vmkit building, but put that on hold after just getting gcj building (recall my post a few months ago regarding that). - Justin
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