The Blackdown Port of Sun's Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.1.7
for MkLinux, Linux-PMac and LinuxPPC
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This archive is a mirror (plus more!) of the home website
for Java on LinuxPPC/PMac/MkLinux:

http://business.tyler.wm.edu/mklinux/index.html

For more information also see README.linuxppc and README.ntp

The following files are available here:

README.linuxppc               - the Release Notes for JDK 1.1.7 v1a
README.ntp                    - how to install the Native Threads Pack (ntp)

jdk117_v1a.tar.gz             - The Java Development Kit 1.1.7 v1a
ntp.tar.gz                    - Native Threads Pack, adds native threads to JDK
swing103.zip                  - Java Foundation Classes (JFC) (Swing)
demo.tar.gz                   - Sun's JDK Demo applets

jre-green.tar.gz              - Java Runtime Environment (green threads)
jre-native.tar.gz             - Java Runtime Environment (native threads)

mwjit.bin-981013.tar.gz       - Metrowerks JIT Compiler Binary

jdk117_v1a.diffs.gz           - diffs used to build the jdk (ppc, x86, sparc)

***Important***
The native threads version of the JDK requires X11 libraries that have
been compileed with -D_REENTRANT.  Our current X11R6.3 libraries are not.
I have taken the liberty of recompiling the X11R6.3 (1r) src rpm with
the addition of -D_RENTRANT and created the following new binary rpms
which I have name X11R6.3 (1s).  
Install with "rpm -Uvh X11R6.3*1s*ppc.rpm"
Check your /etc/ld.so.conf and then run ldconfig -v, and startx

X11R6.3-01-1s.ppc.rpm
X11R6.3-100dpi-fonts-01-1s.ppc.rpm
X11R6.3-75dpi-fonts-01-1s.ppc.rpm
X11R6.3-PMac-01-1s.ppc.rpm
X11R6.3-devel-01-1s.ppc.rpm*
X11R6.3-fonts-01-1s.ppc.rpm*
X11R6.3-libs-01-1s.ppc.rpm*
X11R6.3-man-01-1s.ppc.rpm*

The native threads pack also requires the most up-to-date version
of Gary Thomas's glibc 961212 release (1m) rpms.  These contain fixes
required for the JDK native threads to run well.
Install with "rpm -Uvh glibc*1m*ppc.rpm"
Then for safety's sake, immediately do a "shutdown -r now"

glibc-0.961212-1m.ppc.rpm
glibc-devel-0.961212-1m.ppc.rpm
glibc-info-0.961212-1m.ppc.rpm
glibc-static-0.961212-1m.ppc.rpm


And finally, please note that the native threads pack does NOT yet
work well with MkLinux.  David Gatwood is working on the problem and
when the new kernel/server pair are available, I will post them here.

Therefore to use native threads right now requires the use of 
Paul's 2.1.24 or 2.1.125 kernels which are available from
ftp://samba.anu.edu.au

Please read README.linuxppc and README.ntp for info on how to install
the JDK and native threads, and where/how to submit bug reports.

Kevin B. Hendricks
Blackdown Java-Linux Porting Team