Port coordination?

[Paul Hohensee - Java SE]

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Paul

Michael Neuweiler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wanted to start a port of the hotspot jvm for "Syllable" 
> (www.syllable.org) but got stalled by the chicken and egg problem: 
> "You need a working jvm to compile the jvm". heh, funny approach :)
>
> After I compiled the entire hotspot on a linux system, I removed all 
> *.o files and pointed the JVM variable "ALT_BOOTDIR" to an invalid 
> location and started the build again. The build failed when some XSLT 
> had to be done. My idea was to move the pre-built package without .o 
> files to Syllable and compile it there - because it's also POSIX 
> compliant I expected a few changes by hand (of course without 
> graphical output awt/swing).
>
> Is there a guide for kick-starting the port of the jvm to a new OS? 
> Could I use a gnu implementation of java or even kaffee for the XSLT 
> on syllable?
>
> Thanks,
>  Michael
>
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