Fireside chat notes

[Bob Vandette]

> On Oct 21, 2016, at 2:25 PM, Edward Nevill <edward.nevill at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The following are some notes from the fireside chat earlier today.
> 
> Two items were discussed
> 
> - The Oracle arm32/arm64 contribution
> 
> All present were generally in agreement with the outline proposed by Ed Nevill on the list (http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/aarch32-port-dev/2016-October/000532.html).

With one exception, as discussed in the meeting, Oracle has not yet done the analysis to determine that the OpenJDK AArch64 port is 
a sufficient replacement for our AArch64 implementation.  Oracle plans to continue using and supporting it’s 64-bit port in the mean time.

Bob.


> 
> It was proposed that Ed Nevill should submit a JEP to merge the arm32/arm64 contribution into JDK 9. An FC exemption will be requested to target JDK 9.
> 
> - The Huawei softfp contribution
> 
> There are currently two conflicting softfp implementations for JDK 8 on aarch32, one from Huawei, one from Azul (plus a third implementation for JDK 9 as part of the Oracle arm32/arm64 contribution).
> 
> It was proposed that we wait until the complete contributions targeting C1 are available before deciding what to do next.
> 
> 
> I propose we have the next fireside chat on Thurs 3rd Nov at 15:00 UTC. Stuart, if you could set up the conference call.
> 
> All the best,
> Ed.
>