From owner-freebsd-ppc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 23 07:14:45 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 370AA106564A for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:14:45 +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 053CD8FC0A for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:14:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbcxa7 with SMTP id xa7so1207879pbc.13 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:14:44 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of superbisquit@gmail.com designates 10.68.226.166 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.68.226.166; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of superbisquit@gmail.com designates 10.68.226.166 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=superbisquit@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=superbisquit@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.68.226.166]) by 10.68.226.166 with SMTP id rt6mr707361pbc.23.1329981284767 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:14:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=EtECfBNB5MRb49DepFyvWzb1QhSY4l4Yj7KDoXdwI7A=; b=IwvHoFBhkm+G+QKn1OikeGBm+B4XPdk0HdUnYa8Kx5GFLXEGGzQGtdVVYVg+FeMhqm jfvRfZ/sV53N/SIUNpjy9o2lKqQqs6WuOXh1pWwYqfZhXdGplReNgWwUIySGDPM4YG9t aggtD+HdC6XfaQEefHYIBfP4YUJaiOjNOWEnM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.226.166 with SMTP id rt6mr576603pbc.23.1329981284621; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:14:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.48.35 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:14:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120222215546.26d79836@narn.knownspace> References: <20120222215546.26d79836@narn.knownspace> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:14:44 -0500 Message-ID: From: Super Bisquit To: Justin Hibbits Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML Subject: Re: 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: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:14:45 -0000 JRE and SDK are at version 7 for PPC linux On 2/22/12, Justin Hibbits wrote: > On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:52:26 -0500 > Super Bisquit 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 >