Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:14:44 -0500 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Suggestions for porting software and other items Message-ID: <CA%2BWntOtN6HSeV_kiasGta=KazGx55C%2BHT%2Bs=W5yojK=XrTTB3g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120222215546.26d79836@narn.knownspace> References: <CA%2BWntOvGTH5fYMrYKH4XWTDTVapQ5SmC%2BWTb3-O3cBv4nT1aOg@mail.gmail.com> <20120222215546.26d79836@narn.knownspace>
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JRE and SDK are at version 7 for PPC linux On 2/22/12, Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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