OpenJDK on PPC/PPC64 -- non-SUN Bootstrap JDK? Cross-compile?

[Gary Benson]

Hi Abraham,

I'm currently working on getting OpenJDK built and running on PPC but
unfortunately it's not simply a bootstrapping issue.  For OpenJDK to
build on a specific platform a fair amount of platform-specific code
needs to be written.  Look in hotspot/src/cpu and hotspot/src/os_cpu
and you'll see what I mean.  It's a massive job.

Have a look at http://gbenson.livejournal.com/ if you want to track
my progress.

Cheers,
Gary

Abraham Alawi wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> i'm trying to compile OpenJDK on POWERPC (IBM OPENPOWER).
> 
> Has anybody managed to accomplish this yet? Does the Bootstrap JDK
> have to be SUN JDK? Is it possible to cross-compile it on x86 for
> PPC? Any useful information will be much appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>   -- Abraham