[RFR] jdk9.0.4+12 + functionality

[Bob Vandette]

Is there a reason that the fully functioning 32-bit ARM port that already exists in JDK 9
can’t be used as the basis for this work?  

Bob.


> On Apr 16, 2018, at 11:33 AM, Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> On 04/11/2018 05:41 PM, Andrey Petushkov wrote:
>>> Mainstream
>>> OpenJDK has an ARM 32 port.  What is going on?  
> 
>> OpenJDK has as well ARM 64 port but this fact does not prevent you
>> from supporting your own Aarch64 one :)
> 
> It's not "my own" AArch64 port, it's the OpenJDK AArch64 port, and
> it's supported by a bunch of people.  The fact that there are two
> AArch64 ports is very unfortunate, and not an error we should
> seek to perpetuate further.
> 
>> Well, yes, it’s possible. The problem is that our work are based on
>> Aarch32 jdk8u port and in order to apply it to Arm32 port one first
>> need to convert Arm32 port code into Aarch32 port code. I can
>> generate such a diff but I doubt anyone would want to look and apply
>> it, especially into mainline
> 
> I don't think we should do that.  Instead, we should look at what
> features are missing and work back from there.
> 
> -- 
> Andrew Haley
> Java Platform Lead Engineer
> Red Hat UK Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com>
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