How to statically link a native library into Kaffe
Pat Tullmann <tullmann@cs.utah.edu>

These are the steps I  went through to statically link a library
I use into Kaffe.  (I use the name 'libmynative' as the name of
the library in a couple places.)

1) Build a static library with libtool to generate a .la file.
   Perhaps you are enlightened enough (or a wizard) and already build
   your libraries with libtool.  If not:

    a) Compile all of libraries .c files with libtool.  Libtool
       generates .lo files. Here's a makefile rule:

	    libtool --mode=compile $(CC) -c $< -o $@

    b) Link the library with libtool to get a .la version.  Here's
       another makefile rule.  $(L_OBJS) should be the .lo's generated 
       by the libtool compile:

	    libtool --mode=link $(CC) -rpath `something` \
		-static -export-dynamic $(L_OBJS) libmynative.la	

2) Add the library to the list of libraries to link into Kaffe by
   putting the library in the JAVA_LIBS environment variable when
   *configuring* Kaffe.

	$ JAVA_LIBS=libmynative.la ../kaffe/configure --enable-debug

3) Put the .la file where it can be found at run time.  (Right next to
   Kaffe's .la files will work...).

	$ cp libmynative.la /lib/

4) Invoke System.loadLibrary() in your Java code.  This will set up
   the bindings to the native methods in your library.  The libtool
   code in Kaffe will check the .la file, too.

	System.loadLibrary("mynative");

5) Use your native methods!