I was thinking that would be the case. I just didn't even know how to build it to test the code. It seemed that I was caught in the Chicken or the Egg problem. I am going to try this RiscOS project as I tries to translate from Linux calls to RiscOS calls. I am not holding my breath or anything. Can't hurt much to try it though.
Thanks for the advice, and the help Bob On 8/17/07, Gary Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >
