[parisc-linux] Java 5

[John David Anglin]

> I poked around quite a bit looking for a Java5 JRE that runs on PA-RISC 
> Linux, but I have not found one. Has anybody had luck with this. We 
> inherited 5 HP B2000s and we are a Java shop, so running Java is a key 
> to them being useful.

Hmmm, you want Sun's Java5 for HP!  Not too likely.  See
<http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/system-configurations.html>.
As far I can tell, only Sparc, x86 and Itanium processors
are supported and even for these the matrix is incomplete.

There might be hope in the future given Sun's decision to
open source Java.

For PA-RISC linux, there's the support within GCC.  There may
be one or two other implementations but I don't know any details
about these.

Dave
-- 
J. David Anglin                                  dave.anglin at nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
National Research Council of Canada              (613) 990-0752 (FAX: 952-6602)