Chapter 6. Building IcedTea with Other VM Implementations
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Configuring cross-compilation between ARM and x86
- Building IcedTea for ARM with integrated CACAO VM
- Porting JamVM to use OpenJDK
- Configuring Zero assembler with the Shark compiler to use OpenJDK
- Building MIPS and other architectures using OpenEmbedded recipes
Introduction
Though various x86-compatible platforms are widespread and common to use, there are other architectures to think about. Java language itself is designed to be as cross-platform, as possible. In an x86-compatible world, it means that Java will work equally well and predictable for the vast majority of operating systems. Where more architectures are concerned, it should work ...
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