OpenJDK for PowerPC64

[Justin Hibbits]

Thanks!  Did you need to patch anything for gcc to build java, or did
you need to just tell it to build?  I remember when I started looking
at it a few years ago there were some things needed, but I can't
recall what I did.  It's not difficult to add java to the port for
powerpc, so if your changes were trivial, or you had no changes, that
could be a good first step for us to add this to the ports tree.

- Justin

On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Curtis Hamilton <hamiltcl at verizon.net> wrote:
> I don't have a wiki page.  My initial success was in building the mercurial
> OpenJDK7 BSD-Port, using the attached build script and instructions obtained
> from the OpenJDK Wiki Darwin9Build
> (https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/BSDPort/Darwin9Build) section.
> Subsequently, I used information from the arm patch to modify the ports
> Makefile and build the ports distribution.  Other than what's in the make
> file patch, no other patches were needed, as I used the mercurial build as
> the bootstrap.
>
> The key for non-x86 builds is the bootstrap.  I used the GCC java tools and
> created a bootstrap (/usr/local/bootstrap-openjdk) using sym links to the
> GCC java executables in /usr/local/bin.   I can provide more details if
> needed, however, building GCC java was not as straight forward as it is not
> a configurable option for non-x86 GCC builds.  I had to modify the port
> Makefile.
>
> Regards,
>
> Curtis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chmeeedalf at gmail.com [mailto:chmeeedalf at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Justin
> Hibbits
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2015 3:26 PM
> To: Curtis Hamilton <hamiltcl at verizon.net>
> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc at freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: OpenJDK for PowerPC64
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Curtis Hamilton <hamiltcl at verizon.net>
> wrote:
>> Here is my contribution to all those interested in keeping the PowerPC
>> relevant.  I've been successful in building OpenJDK7 using Zero VM for
>> PPC64.  The binaries for openjdk7 for powerpc64 can be found at the
>> below
>> URL:
>>
>> https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bz7VO-WP3rlpM3BabUd6ejlya3c&us
>> p=shar
>> ing
>>
>> Give them a try and provide any feedback to the list.
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>> BTW: OpenJDK8 may soon be on the way!
>
> That's fantastic!  I'll try this soon on my G5.  Do you have any wiki page
> with build steps, or even better a port change to add this to ports?
>
> - Justin