Java™ SE Embedded 7u10 Release Notes

Java™ SE Embedded 7 Update 10 Runtime Environment

This document summarizes the functionality and known issues of Java SE Embedded 7 Update 10 (7u10). Java SE Embedded 7 Update 10 is based on Java Development Kit 7 Update 10 (JDK 7u10) and provides specific features and support for embedded systems.

To ensure that you have the most recent updates of the technical documents for Java SE Embedded, check the latest versions on the Java SE Embedded Product Documentation web site.

Platform Support

This release of Java SE Embedded 7 Update 10 was tested on Linux for ARM, Power Architecture and x86 systems. The requirements of these systems are specified at Java SE Embedded System Requirements. For ARM, testing was done on the v5, v6 and v7 architectures. Power Architecture systems based on e600 core and e500v2 core architectures were tested. Headless mode was tested on all systems; headful mode was tested on ARM v7.

Some of the information in this document describes support or issues concerning graphics, window managers, audio, and so forth, and therefore only applies to the headful release on ARMv7.

Java support on ARM is specific to the GNOME Desktop Environment version 1:2.30+7.

What's New in This Release

Java SE Embedded 7 Update 10 includes the new features of JDK 7u10. For more information on the cumulative changes of JDK 7u10 release, see Java SE 7 Update Release Notes.

Known Limitations

ARM and PPC ReservedCodeCacheSize Maximum Value is 32 Megabytes

In Java SE Embedded 7 Update 10, the ARM and Power Architecture ReservedCodeCacheSize maximum value is 32 megabytes. The reason for ReservedCodeCacheSize limitation is an architecture restriction on branch offset. The limitation can be overcome by using a non-optimized sequence of instructions. However, this approach introduces a significant performance drop. Currently, JavaVM supports a maximum of 32 megabytes of ReservedCodeCacheSize for ARM and Power Architecture.

OpenGL Limitation

The headful version of Java SE Embedded 7 Update 10 on Linux ARM does not support the OpenGL acceleration pipeline for Java2D.

Garbage First Garbage Collector Not Supported

Java SE for Embedded 7 Update 10 does not support the Garbage First(G1) garbage collector.

Bug Fixes

Bug Database - In most cases, the bug ID number for each bug fixed is a link to the detailed bug report on the Bug Database web site. Bug Database enables you to file your own bug reports, add comments to existing bug reports, and vote for the bugs you consider most important.

Java SE Embedded 7 Update 10 is based on JDK 7u10. Refer to JDK 7u10 Release Notes for additional information on relevant bug fixes.

Comparison Between Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java SE Embedded

Java SE Embedded derives from JDK, but provides specific features and support for the embedded market on a limited set of supported platforms. The embedded-specific features and support include additional platforms, small footprint JREs (optional files removed), headless configurations, and memory optimizations.

All Java SE Embedded offerings are JDK compliant.

Java SE Embedded provides the 32-bit version of the Java Virtual Machine; the 64-bit version is not supported. Also, Java SE Embedded includes the "client" version of the JIT compiler; the "server" version (which can be enabled via the -server command-line option) is not included and using the -server option has the same effect as the -client option.

Server Compiler support on ARM is introduced in Java SE Embedded 7 Update 2. See Server Compiler Technology section of Java SE Embedded 7 Update 2 Release Notes for support details.

For more information on functionality that is generally common to both JDK 7 and Java SE Embedded 7, including the Java language, HotSpot VM, Libraries and Tools, see the Java SE Documentation.

See also the JDK 7 Release Notes for release information on the JDK 7 platform.

For more information on functionality that is specific to Java SE Embedded 7, see SE Functionality Specific for Embedded.

How to Enable Java Plug-In

The headful version of Java SE Embedded 7 Update 10 on ARMv7 supports Java™ Plug-In technology. (See Applet Developer's Guide for more information.) We have verified that Java SE Embedded 7 Update 10 works with the Firefox 3.6 web browser. Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine version 1.9.0 FCS or later is required. Non-Mozilla web browsers, including the WebKit rendering engine (used in some non-Mozilla web browsers), are not supported at the time of this writing.

A symbolic link needs to be created in order to get the Java Plug-In to work. This link should point from the browser's plugins directory to the Java Plug-In shared library included in the JRE, and it can be created with the following command from a shell:

ln -s <JAVA_HOME>/lib/arm/libnpjp2.so <MOZILLA_DIR>/plugins/libnpjp2.so

In the above command, <JAVA_HOME> represents the directory where you installed the headful Java SE Embedded 7 Update 10 bundle (for example, /usr/java/ejre1.7.0_10), and <MOZILLA_DIR> represents the directory where you installed your web browser (for example, /usr/lib/mozilla).

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