Has anyone had any luck getting Java compiled on Gentoo?

I've tried tons of different methods, I cant even get gcj (GCC 4.3 unmasked with USE="gcj") to compile

Yeah, the first 3 points for the ribbon header were bridged (shorted) with excess solder.

So my sheevaplug arrived with a broken console output. Everything else worked fine (I could see it boot and get an IP address from my router) and also channel A on the FTDI chip would connect fine to the JTAG debugger.

I did some investigation of the schematics and identified some possible locations where there may be an issue. I opened it up and found that the first 3 pins on the main CPU board's ribbon header connector going to the JTAG board were bridged at the back of the PCB where they were soldered. Some quick work with a soldering iron to resolder them everything was fixed. My console output (channel B) now works.

Anyone who has this same issue may want to consider disassembling their SheevaPlug to check this, although it may void your warranty so proceed at your own risk.

Success here too.

that looks like a great place to start. I will make those changes to the 2.6.30-rc1 kernel and post my results.

I'd really appreciate it if someone could post a link (or even the source itself) for the patch. I'm guessing it is mvsdio.c that was patched.... I'm trying to get gentoo up and running and this is the last remaining issue with my configuration!

Thanks