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IBM 32-bit Runtime Environment for Linux on ARM architecture, Java Technology Edition, Version 8: Current news

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Support Information that is not available in the user documentation.

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The documentation to support IBM® SDK, Java™ Technology Edition, Version 8 for Linux is available in the IBM Knowledge Center. Additional information for the ARM architecture is included in this technote.

Note: This 32-bit release for the ARM architecture is available only as part of an IBM product.

You can identify this release by using the java -version command. The output is similar to the following example:


java version "1.8.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build pxr3280sr2fp10-20160322_04(SR2 FP10))
IBM J9 VM (build 2.9, JRE 1.8.0 Linux arm-32 20160317_295467 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
J9VM - R829_20160317_0101_B295467 (Pure C)
JIT  - tr.r15.arm_20160316_113352
GC   - R829_20160317_0101_B295467
J9CL - 20160317_295467)
JCL - 20151231_01 based on Oracle jdk8u71-b15

Supported Environments:

The IBM 32-bit Runtime Environment for Linux on ARM architecture, Java Technology Edition, Version 8 is supported on the following hardware and operating systems:


    Hardware:

      Support is available only on 32-bit ARM platforms.

      This release is tested on a Raspberry Pi 2 platform.


    Operating Systems:

      Support is available on 32-bit Linux operating systems.

      This release is tested on Raspian 8.0, which is based on Jessie (hard-float application binary interface (ABI)).

Directory conventions:



The following directory conventions apply to this release:
  • Default installation directory: /ibm-java-arm-80/
  • Java library directory: /ibm-java-arm-80/jre/lib/arm/
  • Virtual machine (VM) directory: /ibm-java-arm-80/jre/lib/arm/default


Installation:

You can install the package to a directory of your choice. For example, installing to <my_dir>, creates the following installation directory:

    /<my_dir>/ibm-java-arm-80/

Known limitations:


    Components

    The following components are not available in this release:

    • Java Web Start
    • Java Plug-in
    • Installer
    • Graphics processing unit (GPU) support

    The default Java Input Method Framework (IMF) is available but not tested.

    Packed object support

    There is no support for packed objects on the ARM platform.

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

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swg21974338

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