Re: java plugin on EM64t + RH 3.0 U3 beta

Keith Poirier writes:

> I have RH Update 3 (beta) (also tried on update 2) installed on a
> proliant 360G4 which uses the new Intel EM64T chip. I installed 
> 
> jre-1_5_0-beta2-linux-amd64.rpm from Blackdown.org but when I link to
> the java plugin, and access a java app via mozilla it crashes:

Intel's EM64 is not a plug-in replace for Opteron.  It's close, but no 
sigar.

> [root@cssrt11 plugins]# more hs_err_pid25965.log
>  
> Unexpected Signal : 4 occurred at PC=0x2A95D68D2B

Signal 4 is SIGILL -- illegal instruction.  You are hitting x86_64 machine 
code that the Intel chip can't swallow.

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