Suggestions for porting software and other items

[Super Bisquit]

okay, this: ;;
	*freebsd*)
		cpuName=`uname -p 2> /dev/null from ibm-java-jre-7.0-0.0-ppc-archive.bin
which basically states that FreeBSD support is already there. Who and
how do I ask to let FreeBSD have a download?

On 2/23/12, Super Bisquit <superbisquit at gmail.com> wrote:
> If you say so, I'll ask someone at both the Oracle/JAVA and
> IBM/POWERLinux forums about acquiring the source package. It may be
> worthwhile if a few members of the FReeBSD  community- those with
> commit priviledges, et al- would also join both forums.
> On 2/23/12, Super Bisquit <superbisquit at gmail.com> wrote:
>> JRE and SDK are at version 7 for PPC linux
>>
>> On 2/22/12, Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:52:26 -0500
>>> Super Bisquit <superbisquit at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How difficult would it be for me to port JAVA to FreeBSD on the
>>>> Power(PC) platform?
>>>> I don't know code but I can use another port as a a template. I've
>>>> just joined the IBM POWER community and have access to the Linux
>>>> version of JAVA.
>>>>
>>>> Second. I recently met a gentleman from NASA; I'll get back to this in
>>>> a minute. Anyway ...., NASA's programs are open sourced now.  One
>>>> program/suite that would probably work better on either the Power(PC)
>>>> or SPARC architecture is S4P.
>>>>
>>>> After talking with the person in question, I learned about NASA's
>>>> internship program.
>>>> I'm just curious as to whether or not there is a need/want/desire for
>>>> having FreeBSD systems in such an area.
>>>>
>>>> Way of topic: Does anyone think that combining the SPARC and POWER
>>>> architectures into a single cpu would be beneficial?
>>>
>>> If you have access to the Linux/ppc source, porting to FreeBSD
>>> shouldn't be too difficult, but likely non-trivial.  Which version do
>>> you have access to?  I believe the latest one available is for 1.5, but
>>> the latest Java for x86 is 6 or 7.  I had started on trying to get
>>> vmkit building, but put that on hold after just getting gcj building
>>> (recall my post a few months ago regarding that).
>>>
>>> - Justin
>>>
>>
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