On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Daniel B. Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello -- > > I am acting for a friend with a java application who needs to run it on a > microcontroller. Though aware of GC, I only recently learned of GCJ. > > Accordingly, I am looking for developer resources using GCJ for > microcontrollers. Anyone, manufacturer, developer, or hobbyist who has put > forward the effort to define the microcontroller hardware for GCJ so that > effective compilation may be done. >
It depends on the microcontroller. If it is well supported by GCC and runs Linux and glibc, then if GCJ/libgcj are not already working it would be fairly simple to get it working. If it does not meet these criteria, then it may be more difficult. > Additionally, since one of the main show stoppers is the Java class > libraries, I would also be interested in any efforts to convert the class > libraries, on some basis, for microcontroller usage. Clearly this cannot be > a direct compilation in all cases, especially for graphics, but any such > activity may beat starting from square one. > GCC ships with a fairly complete java runtime library (libgcj). David Daney
