Re: Sparc64

[Eirik Øverby <ltning_(_at_)_anduin_(_dot_)_net>]

On Jan 31, 2008, at 11:44 PM, Landon Fuller wrote:

> On Jan 31, 2008, at 13:43, Eirik Øverby wrote:
>
> > On Jan 31, 2008, at 10:37 PM, Landon Fuller wrote:
> >
> > > On Jan 30, 2008, at 14:42, Eirik Øverby wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > an old boring question coming up again...
> > > >
> > > > For various reasons we have some interest in getting Java running  
> > > > on FreeBSD-SPARC64. Also, the sun4v platform is of interest, but  
> > > > currently mostly academic such as the FreeBSD port to sun4v isn't  
> > > > useful at this stage.
> > > >
> > > > We are using FreeBSD on a load of old SUN servers that their  
> > > > owners can't or won't dispose of. Having Java available would  
> > > > make these systems even more useful, and might bring in more  
> > > > business for us.
> > > >
> > > > So, put plainly, what kind of man-hours are we talking about to  
> > > > bring Java 1.5 to fbsd-sparc64?
> > >
> > > At first glance, it doesn't look to be more than a couple weeks of  
> > > work (at the high end). Someone on the OpenJDK lists recently  
> > > asked about Linux/Sparc, which would require roughly the same  
> > > effort (implementing os_cpu for bsd_sparc):
> > > 	http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2007-September/000138.html
> > > 	http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/porters-dev/2008-January/000078.html
> > >
> > > > And what kind of money/support/inspiration would be needed to  
> > > > make this a priority?
> > >
> > > Seems like the biggest problem is access to freebsd/sparc64, and  
> > > -- of course -- finding someone sufficiently excited about doing  
> > > the porting work =)
> >
> > I can provide access to one or more jails on fbsd/sparc64. Even  
> > host access can be considered if necessary.
>
> What's the status of svr4 emulation on sparc64? I forgot a critical  
> piece; One needs a bootstrap JVM, and bootstrapping off of Sun's VM  
> would make things easier.

I have absolutely no idea whatsoever.

/Eirik

> -landonf

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