JDK GNU/Linux SPARC and MIPS

[Sunil Amitkumar Janki]

Christian Thalinger wrote:
> 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

I think it's a better use of my time to get OpenJDK running on
MIPS and SPARC than porting an older HotSpot JVM. I hope
there are provisions for other architectures in the build system
or at least that it's flexible enough to accommodate for those.

What parts of IcedTea would have to be ported or rewritten in
order to support MIPS and SPARC? I will checkout from the
repository and see what the IcedTea source code looks like later
today.

Sunil