Problem building OpenJDK on a set-top box

[Gary Benson]

It would be possible, but rather than writing CPU-specific compiler
ports the idea is to use something like libjit to add a generic one.

Cheers,
Gary

Jonathan Springer wrote:
> That's good progress, being able to build itself.  I should take a
> look at it.  It's still going to be interpreter-only (without
> porting), right?  Would it still be possible to add a compiler port
> (c1, opto) on top of it?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Jonathan
> 
> Gary Benson wrote:
> > Hi Jonathan,
> > 
> > IcedTea (icedtea6 anyhow) has the zero-assembler port which should
> > build out of the box on any linux/gcc platform.  I say should,
> > because it's new and we're still working out kinks, but it works
> > enought to build itself on 32- and 64-bit PowerPC, I've had
> > reports of it working on zSeries and Itanium, and there are a
> > couple of guys working on ARM as we speak.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Gary