There's a lot of platform-specific stuff that will still need adding. Look in hotspot/src/cpu and hotspot/src/os_cpu -- you basically need to write everything in their for your platform.
Cheers, Gary Robert Pangrazio wrote: > Well I will look into that. I think that some more detail maybe > necessary. I am thinking of building for RiscOS. There is a really > nice project that allows you to compile programs written for linux, > on a linux machine, to run on a RiscOS machine. I would like to try > to use this to build Java. I was just wondering if it was a waste > of time, as I would be expecting the Linux native Java version to > be used in the build process. > > On 8/15/07, Gary Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Robert, > > > > I use IcedTea's bootstrap VM and plug replacements. Build them > > with: > > > > hg clone http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea > > cd icedtea > > ./configure > > make boot plugs > > > > Then build the JDK with: > > > > export ALT_BOOTDIR=/path/to/icedtea/bootstrap/jdk1.6.0 > > export ALT_CLOSED_JDK_IMPORT_PATH=/path/to/icedtea/bootstrap/jdk1.7.0 > > > > Cheers, > > Gary > > > > Robert Pangrazio wrote: > > > I noticed that to build JDK 6 or higher you need an existing > > > Java setup. I was wondering how you go about building the JDK > > > for a new platform. If i have a cross compilation setup for my > > > new platform, can I use the build machines native JDK, or do I > > > have to have a JDK that is native to my new platform. If i have > > > to have a native JDK to build the JDK how do you build the first > > > native JDK? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Bob
