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

[Abraham Alawi]

Gary Benson wrote:
> 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
>>     

Thanks for your replies guys. Gary, keep up the good work, you are doing
hell of job! IBM should sponsor you! ;)

-- Abraham


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Abraham Alawi

Unix/Linux Systems Administrator
Computer Science
University of Auckland
e: aalawi at cs.auckland.ac.nz
p: +64-9-373 7599, ext#: 87572

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