JDK-4802695 : Support 64-bit Java Plug-in and Java webstart on Windows/Linux on AMD64
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: deploy
  • Sub-Component: plugin
  • Affected Version: 1.2.0,5.0,6,6u5,6u6,6u10,7
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Closed
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS:
    generic,linux,linux_2.6,solaris_2.5.1,windows,windows_nt,windows_xp,windows_vista generic,linux,linux_2.6,solaris_2.5.1,windows,windows_nt,windows_xp,windows_vista
  • CPU: generic,x86,itanium
  • Submitted: 2003-01-14
  • Updated: 2014-03-03
  • Resolved: 2009-01-27
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Description
Built Java Plug-in in 64-bit and support 64-bit VM on Windows/Linux/Solaris on AMD64.
###@###.### 2004-05-26
We will support Java Plugin/Java webstart on AMD64 arch on both Window and Linux platform.

Comments
EVALUATION We are targeting to support this feature in JRE 6u12, we will support Java Plugin/Java webstart on AMD64 arch on both Window and Linux platform. On linux, we will support Java plugin only on Firefox 3 64bit browser, due to 64bit Firefox is not available on Solaris OS yet, we won't support 64bit Java plugin and Java webstart on Solaris platform at this moment.
13-10-2008

EVALUATION Just an update...... The development/testing of the 64-bit plugin is underway and will be added to JDK6, sometime after the 6u11 release. Stay tuned!
10-10-2008

EVALUATION We have not only commit this RFE to JRE 7, but also JRE 6 update release. The date for JRE 6 update release which has this 64bit JRE support will be early 2009.
09-04-2008

EVALUATION This RFE has fianaly been comitted to the dolphin (JDK 1.7) release.
16-01-2007

EVALUATION 64-bit support is deferred to a future release. ###@###.### 2005-06-01 21:40:27 GMT
01-06-2005