Sun Java 64 bit plugin in JDK 1.7
Sun has finally committed to a 64 bit Java plugin in JDK version 1.7. About time. More info at Sun Bug ID 4802695
Sun has finally committed to a 64 bit Java plugin in JDK version 1.7. About time. More info at Sun Bug ID 4802695
September 23rd, 2007 at 1:14
Well, at the link you provided, it says plugin is deferred to a future release!
September 23rd, 2007 at 2:09
That is correct. JDK 1.7 is a future release. Currently JDK 1.6 is available so we have to wait a little bit longer until 1.7 is released with the 64 but plugin. The good thing is that Sun finally decided to walk the 64 bit talk. The not so good thing is that we will have to wait until 1.7 is released. But at least we know it’s coming. Hopefully Adobe will release 64 bit Acrobat soon too. And iirc the Adobe Flash developers are already working on a 64 bit version. Don’t know how long that is going to take though. They have a blog you could check.
September 24th, 2007 at 0:50
Spoke too soon. Fedora 8 Test 2 includes the IcedTea Java release with a 64 bit plugin. IcedTea is the (currently semi) Open Source Java version 7 that Red Hat and others are working on. For a picture of the 64 bit plugin in all its glory see this picture.
September 30th, 2007 at 7:36
I tried the IcedTea Plugin from the development repo from Fedora. I tried yahoo chess and it did not work with it. Do I have to wait for sun to release it before I can play yahoo java gamee?
April 14th, 2008 at 16:58
This bug was recently updated. The 64 bit plugin is now expected to be included in an update release of Java 6.