[oe] [meta-java][PATCH v2 5/5] openjdk-8: add aarch32 port 8u172b11

[André Draszik]

On Tue, 2018-08-21 at 09:26 +0200, Richard Leitner wrote:
> On 8/21/18 9:15 AM, André Draszik wrote:
> > On Tue, 2018-08-21 at 08:54 +0200, Richard Leitner wrote:
> > > Hi André,
> > > thank you for your patches!
> > > 
> > > Just one little question on your tests: did you run the oeqa test for
> > > your
> > > qemu cortex A7 target? Did you enable the compiled mode test?
> > 
> > I ran the all java (not javac) tests from oeqa manually, as the qemu
> > machine
> > I hacked together has the issue that oeqa just times out waiting for the
> > login prompt for a reason I didn't figure out quickly enough for my
> > liking... It'd be good to have an 'official', working cortex a7 qemu
> > machine
> > somewhere in yocto, though.
> 
> Ok. Thanks.
> I was also trying to set up a working cortexa7 qemu machine some months
> ago,
> but apparently failed too ;-)
> 
> Yeah, it would be great to have one in oe-core (or at least meta-java) to
> fully automate our tests.
> 
> > 
> > But yes, oeqa would also need updating to not skip the compile mode on
> > armv7.
> 
> I'll send a patch for that.

Thanks :-)

> Another question: have you checked if the aarch32 port works for ARMv6?
> I'm just curious because openjdk.java.net/projects/aarch32-port/ says:
> 
> 	The port will be fully compatible with ARMv7 and may support ARMv6
> 	depending on community interest.

I didn't as I read it as: "If people contribute patches, it can be made to
work. But nobody has done so so far". Also, Debian only enables this for
ARMv7 (although they have no specific ARMv6 port), and I know for sure that
it doesn't work on ARMv5.


Cheers,
Andre'