Great Kevin! Thanks. The export line really did the trick. Can't wait to see if freenet and jedit run better!
William --- "Kevin B. Hendricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > You might want to check out the dev list at > YellowDogLinux. > > it seems by IBM decided to NOT allow its JIT to run > with G4 and other non-IBM > processors. > > There was a bit of a storm (i.e. I complained loudly > and so did others on that > list and on the IBM java newsgroup). I then had to > recompile my kernel to > report I was using a 604e in /proc/cpuinfo and I was > able to trick JIT into > working. > > They said it was all a "mistake" and would fix it in > the next release (AFAIK - > that has not come yet). > > Later on someone pointed out an environement > variable you can set to override > the processor detection code in the JIT. > > ---snip--- > There is a workaround, which is to set the following > environment > variable: > > export JITC_PROCESSOR_TYPE= 6 > > which will force the 604 class cpu code to be > employed. > ---snip--- > > If you are interested in the whole sordid tale check > out: > > The thread starts here: > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-devel/2003-June/000209.html > > > The environment variable workaround is here: > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/pipermail/yellowdog-devel/2003-July/000251.html > > Hope this helps, > > Kevin > > On Tuesday 02 September 2003 05:41, Benjamin > Herrenschmidt wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 04:44, W. Crowshaw wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Has anybody managed to get IBM's Java 1.4.1 > (sadly, > > > the only one available to us ppc'ers) working > with > > > the JIT its supplies. Its readme docs say that > all > > > you need to do is set the JAVA_COMPILER > enviromental > > > variable to: jitc. To test the docs say simply > type: > > > java -version and it will say "(JIT enabled: > jitc)" > > > Unfortunately, this doesn't work. I have to > have > > > the gij-3.0 package installed instead and the > > > JAVA_COMPILER=NONE set for java to run at all. > > > > I'm getting JVM crashes when trying to use the JIT > too > > > > Ben. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
