JDK GNU/Linux SPARC and MIPS

[Christian Thalinger]

On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 14:56 +0200, Sunil Amitkumar Janki wrote:
> I have GNU/Linux running on x86, MIPS and SPARC but only
> x86 has an up to date JDK. For MIPS I have JDK 1.5.0 and
> for SPARC Blackdown's JDK 1.4.1.
> 
> I would like to see support for both architectures integrated
> into the JDK sources alongside x86, x86_64 and Solaris SPARC
> so all systems can benefit from up to date Java installations.
> 
> Could someone point out to me what I'd have to do to get
> the latest JDK up and running and support for it integrated
> into mainline sources?

Well, you could port HotSpot or join us, in whatever way, in the IcedTea
project where we try to get OpenJDK running on non-HotSpot platforms.

- twisti