OK OK I know, I was
supposed to be working on my iDS server... but instead I just couldn't help testing out my spiffy new compiler chain for the iLiad itself.
I talked about a calculator for X but you know, that's just so boring.
So instead, I compiled wonka for the iLiad. And I got wonka working.
So, wherever that wiki is, I think I claim legitimate rights to "first person to compile Java VM for iLiad" and "first person to run a java application on the iLiad".
I've compiled wonka with X11 support, so, here's your new tool chain: java.
No messing around with cross compilers, just compile your code using your favorite Java 1.4.X (or lower, no java 1.5, sorry...) test it on your native system and when it's working: send it to your iLiad and use wonka to run it.
Yeah I know, still need to work on the X11 trigger stuff. But now we can worry that into Wonka and all the java code gets it for free.
Unpack the tar ball onto your favorite memory device. Put you class files in fsroot/system, cd to your memory card and then invoke ./wonka <your class name>
I'm off to tweak my Java RSS feeder to suck da' goods into my newspaper directory directly from my iLiad. Expect another posting shortly.