Re: jdk for ppc

[Gregory Seidman <gss+debian@cs.brown.edu>]

On Sat, Nov 27, 2004 at 04:28:42AM +0100, Jose A. Ortega Ruiz wrote:
[...]
} but, whenever i try to run any java program, i get at some point an
} 'illegal hardware instruction' error (plus a java core file). for
} instance, if i run policytool (which comes with the jdk):
} 
} JVMDG217: Dump Handler is Processing Signal 4 - Please Wait.
} JVMDG303: JVM Requesting Java core file
} JVMDG304: Java core file written to /tmp/javacore.20041127.042722.8729.txt
} JVMDG215: Dump Handler has Processed Exception Signal 4.
} Illegal instruction
[...]

Digging around in the messages I've saved from debian-powerpc over the
years, I found the following:

	If you want to use the JIT compiler under IBM's jdk please put the
	following in your .bashrc or .profile

	export JITC_PROCESSOR_TYPE=6

More information can be found at:

http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-devel/2003-June/000209.html
http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-devel/2003-July/000251.html

} thanks,
} jao
--Greg