JDK GNU/Linux SPARC and MIPS

[Christian Thalinger]

On Sun, 2007-09-09 at 22:16 +0200, Sunil Amitkumar Janki wrote:
> I have downloaded the latest OpenJDK source code from the OpenJDK
> site and checked out the latest IcedTea repository. I want to get 
> Linux/SPARC working first so I would like to know if it's better
> to start from Solaris/SPARC or Linux/i586 and if there is a big 
> difference between Solaris and Linux support.

Hi!

I have some informations that Sun is/was already working on Linux/SPARC.
Is that still the case?

On the other side, is it a must for you to have HotSpot or could you go
with another VM too?  Or is this more of a challenge you want to take...

- twisti