ARM64 Support for Docker Images

[odidev]

Hi Team,

I tried to build the docker image of this package for arm64 and found that it is calling index.yml file for different architecture which is further using some ibm runtime binaries which are not available for arm64.

I have looked for the index.yml and found this link which shows that index.yml is not available for arm64.

I also tried to get the source code of these index.yml files and their binaries but I was unable to find one.

I have also checked the ibmjava image and found that it does not have the arm64 compatible tag.

Do you have any plans to release arm64 images?

I am happy to help in adding the arm64 support, but it requires the above mentioned arm64 binary or the source code which generates these index.yml files and binaries.

[pshipton]

There is no IBM ARM64 binary available at this time. https://hub.docker.com/_/adoptopenjdk is available. There are builds using Eclipse OpenJ9, which is also used by IBM Java.

[maulik-modi]

@odidev and @pshipton , I am just thinking loudly, can https://developer.ibm.com/languages/java/semeru-runtimes/downloads/ ARM64 JDK/JRE be useful here?

[pshipton]

@maulik-modi Yes, aarch64/arm64 has been available since the 0.29 release (Oct 2021), see https://hub.docker.com/_/ibm-semeru-runtimes

[sdehors-ibm]

So is there a plan to deliver an aarch64 docker image ?