Native OpenJDK8 for PowerPC64

[Curtis Hamilton]

I've only tested using ports directly, with the bootstrap jdk separately installed.  

I've not tested building in poudriere.  However, you can give it a try.

-Curtis

-----Original Message-----
From: chmeeedalf at gmail.com [mailto:chmeeedalf at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Justin Hibbits
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 9:55 AM
To: Curtis Hamilton <hamiltcl at verizon.net>
Cc: Andreas Tobler <andreast-list at fgznet.ch>; Steve Wills <swills at freebsd.org>; FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc at freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: Native OpenJDK8 for PowerPC64

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 9:14 PM, Curtis Hamilton <hamiltcl at verizon.net> wrote:
> Testers Wanted!
>
> I looking for anyone who is interested in a native OpenJDK8 (Mixed 
> mode) for PowerPC64.  I been successful in modifying the AIX/Linux PPC 
> code and build a native (non-zero) JDK8 on FreeBSD PowerPC64.
>
> To validate the build, I made a couple of regression test runs with 
> results similar to what I got for the Zero VM build.  However, 
> performance is a magnitude better than the Zero VM and I've used it to 
> run several heavy duty apps, like NetBeans, IntelliJ IdeaC, without 
> crashes or core dumps.  I've actually used it to build itself.
>
> I've made patches that can be applied against the current FreeBSD JDK8 port.
> Which I've submitted for review and committing to the BSD repo.
>
> Anyone interested can grab the patches and/or installable SDK and JRE 
> builds
> at: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bz7VO-WP3rlpdGhMOUoyTG5TR1k
>
>
> -Curtis
>

This is fantastic, thanks for working on it!  Can a build be kicked off in poudriere, or should I only test using ports directly (meaning, do the patches apply for using your build as bootstrap-jdk as well, or does the bootstrap binary jdk need to be installed separately)?

- Justin