1 Java(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux v1.02
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4 Linux beats them ALL! While all other OS's are TALKING about direct
5 support of Java Binaries in the OS, Linux is doing it!
7 You can execute Java applications and Java Applets just like any
8 other program after you have done the following:
10 1) You MUST FIRST install the Java Developers Kit for Linux.
11 The Java on Linux HOWTO gives the details on getting and
12 installing this. This HOWTO can be found at:
14 ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Java-HOWTO
16 You should also set up a reasonable CLASSPATH environment
17 variable to use Java applications that make use of any
18 nonstandard classes (not included in the same directory
19 as the application itself).
21 2) You have to compile BINFMT_MISC either as a module or into
22 the kernel (CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC) and set it up properly.
23 If you choose to compile it as a module, you will have
24 to insert it manually with modprobe/insmod, as kmod
25 can not easy be supported with binfmt_misc.
26 Read the file 'binfmt_misc.txt' in this directory to know
27 more about the configuration process.
29 3) Add the following configuration items to binfmt_misc
30 (you should really have read binfmt_misc.txt now):
31 support for Java applications:
32 ':Java:M::\xca\xfe\xba\xbe::/usr/local/bin/javawrapper:'
33 support for Java Applets:
34 ':Applet:E::html::/usr/bin/appletviewer:'
35 or the following, if you want to be more selective:
36 ':Applet:M::<!--applet::/usr/bin/appletviewer:'
38 Of cause you have to fix the path names. Given path/file names in this
39 document match the Debian 2.1 system. (i.e. jdk installed in /usr,
40 custom wrappers from this document in /usr/local)
42 Note, that for the more selective applet support you have to modify
43 existing html-files to contain <!--applet--> in the first line
44 ('<' has to be the first character!) to let this work!
46 For the compiled Java programs you need a wrapper script like the
47 following (this is because Java is broken in case of the filename
48 handling), again fix the path names, both in the script and in the
49 above given configuration string.
51 You, too, need the little program after the script. Compile like
52 gcc -O2 -o javaclassname javaclassname.c
53 and stick it to /usr/local/bin.
55 Both the javawrapper shellscript and the javaclassname program
56 were supplied by Colin J. Watson <cjw44@cam.ac.uk>.
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60 # /usr/local/bin/javawrapper - the wrapper for binfmt_misc/java
64 echo Usage: $0 class-file
69 FQCLASS=`/usr/local/bin/javaclassname $1`
70 FQCLASSN=`echo $FQCLASS | sed -e 's/^.*\.\([^.]*\)$/\1/'`
71 FQCLASSP=`echo $FQCLASS | sed -e 's-\.-/-g' -e 's-^[^/]*$--' -e 's-/[^/]*$--'`
75 # FQCLASS=foo.bar.Test
81 declare -i LINKLEVEL=0
84 if [ "`basename $CLASS .class`" == "$FQCLASSN" ]; then
85 # See if this directory works straight off
86 cd -L `dirname $CLASS`
89 if echo $CLASSDIR | grep -q "$FQCLASSP$"; then
90 CLASSBASE=`echo $CLASSDIR | sed -e "s.$FQCLASSP$.."`
93 # Try dereferencing the directory name
94 cd -P `dirname $CLASS`
97 if echo $CLASSDIR | grep -q "$FQCLASSP$"; then
98 CLASSBASE=`echo $CLASSDIR | sed -e "s.$FQCLASSP$.."`
101 # If no other possible filename exists
102 if [ ! -L $CLASS ]; then
105 echo " $CLASS should be in a" \
106 "directory tree called $FQCLASSP"
110 if [ ! -L $CLASS ]; then break; fi
111 # Go down one more level of symbolic links
113 if [ $LINKLEVEL -gt 5 ]; then
116 echo " Too many symbolic links encountered"
119 CLASS=`ls --color=no -l $CLASS | sed -e 's/^.* \([^ ]*\)$/\1/'`
122 if [ -z "$CLASSBASE" ]; then
123 if [ -z "$FQCLASSP" ]; then
124 GOODNAME=$FQCLASSN.class
126 GOODNAME=$FQCLASSP/$FQCLASSN.class
130 echo " $FQCLASS should be in a file called $GOODNAME"
134 if ! echo $CLASSPATH | grep -q "^\(.*:\)*$CLASSBASE\(:.*\)*"; then
135 # class is not in CLASSPATH, so prepend dir of class to CLASSPATH
136 if [ -z "${CLASSPATH}" ] ; then
137 export CLASSPATH=$CLASSBASE
139 export CLASSPATH=$CLASSBASE:$CLASSPATH
144 /usr/bin/java $FQCLASS "$@"
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151 * Extracts the class name from a Java class file; intended for use in a Java
152 * wrapper of the type supported by the binfmt_misc option in the Linux kernel.
154 * Copyright (C) 1999 Colin J. Watson <cjw44@cam.ac.uk>.
156 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
157 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
158 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
159 * (at your option) any later version.
161 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
162 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
163 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
164 * GNU General Public License for more details.
166 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
167 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
168 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
174 #include <sys/types.h>
176 /* From Sun's Java VM Specification, as tag entries in the constant pool. */
185 #define CP_FIELDREF 9
186 #define CP_METHODREF 10
187 #define CP_INTERFACEMETHODREF 11
188 #define CP_NAMEANDTYPE 12
190 /* Define some commonly used error messages */
192 #define seek_error() error("%s: Cannot seek\n", program)
193 #define corrupt_error() error("%s: Class file corrupt\n", program)
194 #define eof_error() error("%s: Unexpected end of file\n", program)
195 #define utf8_error() error("%s: Only ASCII 1-255 supported\n", program);
201 u_int8_t read_8(FILE *classfile);
202 u_int16_t read_16(FILE *classfile);
203 void skip_constant(FILE *classfile, u_int16_t *cur);
204 void error(const char *format, ...);
205 int main(int argc, char **argv);
207 /* Reads in an unsigned 8-bit integer. */
208 u_int8_t read_8(FILE *classfile)
210 int b = fgetc(classfile);
216 /* Reads in an unsigned 16-bit integer. */
217 u_int16_t read_16(FILE *classfile)
220 b1 = fgetc(classfile);
223 b2 = fgetc(classfile);
226 return (u_int16_t)((b1 << 8) | b2);
229 /* Reads in a value from the constant pool. */
230 void skip_constant(FILE *classfile, u_int16_t *cur)
234 pool[*cur] = ftell(classfile);
235 switch(read_8(classfile))
238 len = read_16(classfile);
239 seekerr = fseek(classfile, len, SEEK_CUR);
243 seekerr = fseek(classfile, 2, SEEK_CUR);
249 case CP_INTERFACEMETHODREF:
251 seekerr = fseek(classfile, 4, SEEK_CUR);
255 seekerr = fseek(classfile, 8, SEEK_CUR);
265 void error(const char *format, ...)
268 va_start(ap, format);
269 vfprintf(stderr, format, ap);
274 int main(int argc, char **argv)
277 u_int16_t cp_count, i, this_class, classinfo_ptr;
283 error("%s: Missing input file\n", program);
284 classfile = fopen(argv[1], "rb");
286 error("%s: Error opening %s\n", program, argv[1]);
288 if(fseek(classfile, 8, SEEK_SET)) /* skip magic and version numbers */
290 cp_count = read_16(classfile);
291 pool = calloc(cp_count, sizeof(long));
293 error("%s: Out of memory for constant pool\n", program);
295 for(i = 1; i < cp_count; ++i)
296 skip_constant(classfile, &i);
297 if(fseek(classfile, 2, SEEK_CUR)) /* skip access flags */
300 this_class = read_16(classfile);
301 if(this_class < 1 || this_class >= cp_count)
303 if(!pool[this_class] || pool[this_class] == -1)
305 if(fseek(classfile, pool[this_class] + 1, SEEK_SET))
308 classinfo_ptr = read_16(classfile);
309 if(classinfo_ptr < 1 || classinfo_ptr >= cp_count)
311 if(!pool[classinfo_ptr] || pool[classinfo_ptr] == -1)
313 if(fseek(classfile, pool[classinfo_ptr] + 1, SEEK_SET))
316 length = read_16(classfile);
317 for(i = 0; i < length; ++i)
319 u_int8_t x = read_8(classfile);
322 if((x & 0xE0) == 0xC0)
324 u_int8_t y = read_8(classfile);
325 if((y & 0xC0) == 0x80)
327 int c = ((x & 0x1f) << 6) + (y & 0x3f);
335 else if(x == '/') putchar('.');
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346 Now simply chmod +x the .class and/or .html files you want to execute.
347 To add a Java program to your path best put a symbolic link to the main
348 .class file into /usr/bin (or another place you like) omitting the .class
349 extension. The directory containing the original .class file will be
350 added to your CLASSPATH during execution.
353 To test your new setup, enter in the following simple Java app, and name
354 it "HelloWorld.java":
357 public static void main(String args[]) {
358 System.out.println("Hello World!");
362 Now compile the application with:
363 javac HelloWorld.java
365 Set the executable permissions of the binary file, with:
366 chmod 755 HelloWorld.class
372 To execute Java Applets, simple chmod the *.html files to include
373 the execution bit, then just do
377 originally by Brian A. Lantz, brian@lantz.com
378 heavily edited for binfmt_misc by Richard Günther
379 new scripts by Colin J. Watson <cjw44@cam.ac.uk>.