IBM 1.4.1 PPC processor workaround: people might like to know this

[James Gunning]

Folks,
    the new IBM 1.4.1 jit dies on many PPC machines: here's the
workaround (simpler than Kevin's funky kernel recompile).
James.
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-------- Original Message --------
From: Neil Masson <nmasson@nospam.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: IBM 1.4.1 PPC Core Dumps
Newsgroups: ibm.software.java.linux

Erik R. Jensen wrote:

 > I get core dumps with the new IBM 1.4.1 PPC 32bit version.
 > I have the IBM 1.3.1 PPC and Blackdown's 1.3.1 PPC working
 > perfectly on the same machine. The system is a G3 powerbook
 > (pismo). The kernel version is 2.4.20, and the libc version
 > is 2.2.5. Does anyone know what the problem is? People I
 > have talked with on the java-linux@blackdown.org list are
 > having similar problems with the same JVM on their PPC boxes.
 >
 > Erik R. Jensen

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.

Enjoy,
Neil