Compilation on MIPS

[Maram, Pradeepreddy (NSN - IN/Bangalore)]

Hello All, 

I have compiled the  Ultraviolet port of OpenJDK for windriver Linux on
Octeon (MIPS). 

Execution of any command fails as below, 

# ./java -version
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java/lang/ClassFormatError: Incompatible magic value 3199925962 in class
file java/lang/Object

My further investigations showed that the above magic number hexadecimal
equal is "BEBAFECA", which is in reverse order of "CAFEBABE" (used by
the class loader to see if a class file is really a class definition
file or not). 

The system where I am running this binary supports "BIG ENDIAN" and I
have see a comment in file jniTypes_mips.hpp as below, 

#ifndef VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN
#error Unimplemented
#endif
(no support for BIG ENDIAN)

Does it mean that, current MIPS port supports only "LITTLE ENDIAN"
systems? 



Pradeep Reddy Maram

Nokia Siemens Networks India Pvt. Ltd


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