1 Java(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux v1.03
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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 cannot easily 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 executable Jar files:
34 ':ExecutableJAR:E::jar::/usr/local/bin/jarwrapper:'
35 support for Java Applets:
36 ':Applet:E::html::/usr/bin/appletviewer:'
37 or the following, if you want to be more selective:
38 ':Applet:M::<!--applet::/usr/bin/appletviewer:'
40 Of cause you have to fix the path names. Given path/file names in this
41 document match the Debian 2.1 system. (i.e. jdk installed in /usr,
42 custom wrappers from this document in /usr/local)
44 Note, that for the more selective applet support you have to modify
45 existing html-files to contain <!--applet--> in the first line
46 ('<' has to be the first character!) to let this work!
48 For the compiled Java programs you need a wrapper script like the
49 following (this is because Java is broken in case of the filename
50 handling), again fix the path names, both in the script and in the
51 above given configuration string.
53 You, too, need the little program after the script. Compile like
54 gcc -O2 -o javaclassname javaclassname.c
55 and stick it to /usr/local/bin.
57 Both the javawrapper shellscript and the javaclassname program
58 were supplied by Colin J. Watson <cjw44@cam.ac.uk>.
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62 # /usr/local/bin/javawrapper - the wrapper for binfmt_misc/java
66 echo Usage: $0 class-file
71 FQCLASS=`/usr/local/bin/javaclassname $1`
72 FQCLASSN=`echo $FQCLASS | sed -e 's/^.*\.\([^.]*\)$/\1/'`
73 FQCLASSP=`echo $FQCLASS | sed -e 's-\.-/-g' -e 's-^[^/]*$--' -e 's-/[^/]*$--'`
77 # FQCLASS=foo.bar.Test
83 declare -i LINKLEVEL=0
86 if [ "`basename $CLASS .class`" == "$FQCLASSN" ]; then
87 # See if this directory works straight off
88 cd -L `dirname $CLASS`
91 if echo $CLASSDIR | grep -q "$FQCLASSP$"; then
92 CLASSBASE=`echo $CLASSDIR | sed -e "s.$FQCLASSP$.."`
95 # Try dereferencing the directory name
96 cd -P `dirname $CLASS`
99 if echo $CLASSDIR | grep -q "$FQCLASSP$"; then
100 CLASSBASE=`echo $CLASSDIR | sed -e "s.$FQCLASSP$.."`
103 # If no other possible filename exists
104 if [ ! -L $CLASS ]; then
107 echo " $CLASS should be in a" \
108 "directory tree called $FQCLASSP"
112 if [ ! -L $CLASS ]; then break; fi
113 # Go down one more level of symbolic links
115 if [ $LINKLEVEL -gt 5 ]; then
118 echo " Too many symbolic links encountered"
121 CLASS=`ls --color=no -l $CLASS | sed -e 's/^.* \([^ ]*\)$/\1/'`
124 if [ -z "$CLASSBASE" ]; then
125 if [ -z "$FQCLASSP" ]; then
126 GOODNAME=$FQCLASSN.class
128 GOODNAME=$FQCLASSP/$FQCLASSN.class
132 echo " $FQCLASS should be in a file called $GOODNAME"
136 if ! echo $CLASSPATH | grep -q "^\(.*:\)*$CLASSBASE\(:.*\)*"; then
137 # class is not in CLASSPATH, so prepend dir of class to CLASSPATH
138 if [ -z "${CLASSPATH}" ] ; then
139 export CLASSPATH=$CLASSBASE
141 export CLASSPATH=$CLASSBASE:$CLASSPATH
146 /usr/bin/java $FQCLASS "$@"
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153 * Extracts the class name from a Java class file; intended for use in a Java
154 * wrapper of the type supported by the binfmt_misc option in the Linux kernel.
156 * Copyright (C) 1999 Colin J. Watson <cjw44@cam.ac.uk>.
158 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
159 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
160 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
161 * (at your option) any later version.
163 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
164 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
165 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
166 * GNU General Public License for more details.
168 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
169 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
170 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
176 #include <sys/types.h>
178 /* From Sun's Java VM Specification, as tag entries in the constant pool. */
187 #define CP_FIELDREF 9
188 #define CP_METHODREF 10
189 #define CP_INTERFACEMETHODREF 11
190 #define CP_NAMEANDTYPE 12
192 /* Define some commonly used error messages */
194 #define seek_error() error("%s: Cannot seek\n", program)
195 #define corrupt_error() error("%s: Class file corrupt\n", program)
196 #define eof_error() error("%s: Unexpected end of file\n", program)
197 #define utf8_error() error("%s: Only ASCII 1-255 supported\n", program);
203 u_int8_t read_8(FILE *classfile);
204 u_int16_t read_16(FILE *classfile);
205 void skip_constant(FILE *classfile, u_int16_t *cur);
206 void error(const char *format, ...);
207 int main(int argc, char **argv);
209 /* Reads in an unsigned 8-bit integer. */
210 u_int8_t read_8(FILE *classfile)
212 int b = fgetc(classfile);
218 /* Reads in an unsigned 16-bit integer. */
219 u_int16_t read_16(FILE *classfile)
222 b1 = fgetc(classfile);
225 b2 = fgetc(classfile);
228 return (u_int16_t)((b1 << 8) | b2);
231 /* Reads in a value from the constant pool. */
232 void skip_constant(FILE *classfile, u_int16_t *cur)
236 pool[*cur] = ftell(classfile);
237 switch(read_8(classfile))
240 len = read_16(classfile);
241 seekerr = fseek(classfile, len, SEEK_CUR);
245 seekerr = fseek(classfile, 2, SEEK_CUR);
251 case CP_INTERFACEMETHODREF:
253 seekerr = fseek(classfile, 4, SEEK_CUR);
257 seekerr = fseek(classfile, 8, SEEK_CUR);
267 void error(const char *format, ...)
270 va_start(ap, format);
271 vfprintf(stderr, format, ap);
276 int main(int argc, char **argv)
279 u_int16_t cp_count, i, this_class, classinfo_ptr;
285 error("%s: Missing input file\n", program);
286 classfile = fopen(argv[1], "rb");
288 error("%s: Error opening %s\n", program, argv[1]);
290 if(fseek(classfile, 8, SEEK_SET)) /* skip magic and version numbers */
292 cp_count = read_16(classfile);
293 pool = calloc(cp_count, sizeof(long));
295 error("%s: Out of memory for constant pool\n", program);
297 for(i = 1; i < cp_count; ++i)
298 skip_constant(classfile, &i);
299 if(fseek(classfile, 2, SEEK_CUR)) /* skip access flags */
302 this_class = read_16(classfile);
303 if(this_class < 1 || this_class >= cp_count)
305 if(!pool[this_class] || pool[this_class] == -1)
307 if(fseek(classfile, pool[this_class] + 1, SEEK_SET))
310 classinfo_ptr = read_16(classfile);
311 if(classinfo_ptr < 1 || classinfo_ptr >= cp_count)
313 if(!pool[classinfo_ptr] || pool[classinfo_ptr] == -1)
315 if(fseek(classfile, pool[classinfo_ptr] + 1, SEEK_SET))
318 length = read_16(classfile);
319 for(i = 0; i < length; ++i)
321 u_int8_t x = read_8(classfile);
324 if((x & 0xE0) == 0xC0)
326 u_int8_t y = read_8(classfile);
327 if((y & 0xC0) == 0x80)
329 int c = ((x & 0x1f) << 6) + (y & 0x3f);
337 else if(x == '/') putchar('.');
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350 # /usr/local/java/bin/jarwrapper - the wrapper for binfmt_misc/jar
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356 Now simply chmod +x the .class, .jar and/or .html files you want to execute.
357 To add a Java program to your path best put a symbolic link to the main
358 .class file into /usr/bin (or another place you like) omitting the .class
359 extension. The directory containing the original .class file will be
360 added to your CLASSPATH during execution.
363 To test your new setup, enter in the following simple Java app, and name
364 it "HelloWorld.java":
367 public static void main(String args[]) {
368 System.out.println("Hello World!");
372 Now compile the application with:
373 javac HelloWorld.java
375 Set the executable permissions of the binary file, with:
376 chmod 755 HelloWorld.class
382 To execute Java Jar files, simple chmod the *.jar files to include
383 the execution bit, then just do
387 To execute Java Applets, simple chmod the *.html files to include
388 the execution bit, then just do
392 originally by Brian A. Lantz, brian@lantz.com
393 heavily edited for binfmt_misc by Richard Günther
394 new scripts by Colin J. Watson <cjw44@cam.ac.uk>
395 added executable Jar file support by Kurt Huwig <kurt@iku-netz.de>