OpenJDK for PowerPC64

[Andreas Tobler]

On 30.10.15 21:46, Andreas Tobler wrote:
> On 30.10.15 16:36, Curtis Hamilton wrote:
>> Steve,
>>
>> I'll work on the patch.  In the meantime, if you'd like to give them a try,
>> I've built OpenJDK7/8 Zero VM for powerpc64.  It's available at the below
>> URL:
>>
>> https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0Bz7VO-WP3rlpM3BabUd6ejlya3c&usp=shar
>> ing
>
> Do you need 32-bit powerpc stuff to bootstrap OpenJDK?
>
> If not, you can speed up the gcc build with the attached patch.
> It gives you the possibility to choose java for powerpc64 and to
> disable/enable multilibs for powerpc64.
>
> I just successfully built the gcc5-devel on my quad, including multilibs)
>
> The other versions are part of my todo, after fixing gcc trunk....
>
> The multilib switch is part of John Merino's work.
>
> I recommend to use a compiler as new as possible, although, not the
> 6.0-devel since it is broken, at least for me.
>
> You can use USES_GCC = 5.2 in the ports Makefile to say which gcc
> compiler you wan to use.

I just noticed some weird stuff with gcc5-devel, Try to use the gcc49, 
the patch applies there too. I'll run some tests on gcc49 during the night.

The gcc5-devel part I solve later.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Andreas