Willing to join GSoC2011 project "RTEMS port of the GNU Java Compiler (gjc)"

[Joel Sherrill]

On 03/22/2011 09:01 AM, 刘杰 wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Here are some of my thoughts about the "RTEMS port of the GNU Java
> Compiler"
> project(http://www.rtems.org/wiki/index.php/GNUJavaCompiler), if you
> are interested please continue:
>
> For the gjc port, we should first set up the fundamental mechanism for
> Java running, so the Garbage Collection(GC) should be first ported.
Yep. boehm-gc needs to be ported. And it is a one architecture at a time
kind of job. You need to make a list of the architectures it supports and
see which of those RTEMS supports. This is the complete list of possible
targets. If boehm-gc has a test suite, then it needs to execute very cleanly
or you will have nothing but trouble when it comes to the more complicated
uses in GCJ.
> After that, we can port the libgcj's thread attached to RTEMS posix
> thread. But now we may find the java code can't run or can't run well
> because we haven't handled the system's signal and target board's
> interrupt and exception. Then we shoud turn the signal into java's
> exception. After this three step, the core port should be over. Next,
> we should make the java port coverage more APIs and functions, so the
> File I/O and JNI mechanism can be ported now.
> So this project's sequence is GC-->Thread-->Exception-->JNI and File
> I/O-->Run Test Suite and improve the port.
I don't know how exceptions work in GCJ but would imagine they are
handled similarly
to how GNU Ada handles them. Exceptions are mapped onto POSIX signals and
the run-time
>
> This is my current thought about this project, if you have different
> thought, please talk about it with me. I am pleased to discuss with you!
This is the kind of issues that need to be addressed. Plus
the test suite.

>
> Thank you,
> Liu Jie
>
>
>
> 2011/3/20 刘杰 <lj8175 at gmail.com <mailto:lj8175 at gmail.com>>
>
>     Hi,
>
>     As said in the last mail "question about GSoC 2011", this week
>     should discuss application ideas with mentoring organizations. I
>     want to port the GNU Java Compiler to RTEMS and have read the page
>     "http://www.rtems.org/wiki/index.php/GNUJavaCompiler" carefully.
>     But "how to file Free Software Foundation paperwork" is still a
>     question to me.
>
>     Also, I have completed the GSoC Getting Started of RTEMS
>     "http://www.rtems.com/wiki/index.php/GSoC_Getting_Started", and
>     want to ask how to submit the diff and screen capture.
>
>     Now, how can I get more information about porting GJC to RTEMS
>     except the Wiki page
>     "http://www.rtems.org/wiki/index.php/GNUJavaCompiler" and the GCJ
>     page "http://gcc.gnu.org/java/", I want to know more and more
>     about it. :)
>
>     Thanks,
>     lj8175
>
>


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