patch-pre2.0.3 linux/Documentation/java.txt

• Lines: 63
• Date: Mon May 13 07:17:23 1996
• Orig file: pre2.0.2/linux/Documentation/java.txt
• Orig date: Sun May 12 10:16:06 1996

diff -u --recursive --new-file pre2.0.2/linux/Documentation/java.txt linux/Documentation/java.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-               JAVA Binary Kernel Support for Linux v1.01
-               ------------------------------------------
+               Java(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux v1.01
+               ----------------------------------------------
 
 Linux beats them ALL! While all other OS's are TALKING about direct
 support of Java Binaries in the OS, Linux is doing it!
@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@
 		ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Java-HOWTO
 
 	   If you install the JDK in a location other than the suggested
-	   directory of /usr/local/java, then you will need to edit the
-	   kernel's fs/binfmt_java.c file and make the needed change to the
-	   _PATH_JAVA definition at the top of that file.
+	   directory of /usr/local/java, then you will need to tell the
+	   kernel where you put the Java interpreter.  
+           There are two ways to do this.
+           One, edit fs/binfmt_java.c file and make the needed change to 
+	   the _PATH_JAVA definition at the top of that file.  
+           Two, as root, issue the command:
+	 echo "/path/to/java/interpreter" > /proc/sys/kernel/java-interpreter
+	   (Currently, this does not work if you're using a module for
+	    Java support.)
 
 	2) You must chmod the '*.class' files you wish to execute with
 	   the execute bit. This is not normally (till now) done with
@@ -30,7 +36,6 @@
 	   as a loadable module. If a module, load it with insmod or
 	   kerneld.
 
-
 To test your new setup, enter in the following simple Java app, and name
 it "HelloWorld.java":
 
@@ -75,9 +80,15 @@
 	   with all known browsers.
 
 	2) If you install the JDK in a location other than the suggested
-	   directory of /usr/local/java, then you will need to edit the
-	   kernel's fs/binfmt_java.c file and make the needed change to the
-	   _PATH_APPLET definition at the top of that file.
+	   directory of /usr/local/java, then you will need to tell the
+	   kernel where you put the Java appletviewer.  
+           There are two ways to do this.
+           One, edit fs/binfmt_java.c file and make the needed change to 
+	   the _PATH_APPLET definition at the top of that file.  
+           Two, as root, issue the command:
+	echo "/path/to/java/appletviewer" > /proc/sys/kernel/java-appletviewer
+	   (Currently, this does not work if you're using a module for
+	    Java support.)
 
 	3) You must chmod the '*.html' files you wish to execute with
 	   the execute bit. This is not normally (till now) done with
@@ -86,6 +97,7 @@
 	4) And then execute it.
 
 
-
 Brian A. Lantz
 brian@lantz.com
+(/proc/sys/kernel/java-* support by Mike Shaver (shaver@ingenia.com))
+