[aarch64-port-dev ] Topics for next AARCH64 Fireside Chat?

[Dmitry Chuyko]

Thanks,

Same time is fine for BellSoft too.

-Dmitry


On 12/13/2017 09:43 PM, White, Derek wrote:
> Thanks Stuart,
>
> Next Tuesday (the 19th) at 12 EST works great for Cavium-US. But I can make time Mon-Thurs. Otherwise January it is.
>
>   - Derek
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Stuart Monteith [mailto:stuart.monteith at linaro.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 10:26 AM
>> To: White, Derek <Derek.White at cavium.com>
>> Cc: aarch64-port-dev <aarch64-port-dev at openjdk.java.net>
>> Subject: Re: [aarch64-port-dev ] Topics for next AARCH64 Fireside Chat?
>>
>> Hello Derek,
>>    I can certainly set up a meeting. I suggest making a break with the past and
>> not scheduling this on Thursdays. I suggest we either suggest something next
>> week, or in January.
>>
>> I just need to know people's preferences. I'm in all week next week, my last
>> day is Friday and return on January 2nd.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> BR,
>>     Stuart
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12 December 2017 at 18:24, White, Derek <Derek.White at cavium.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I have some suggestions for topics for our next fireside chat. These are
>> motived by aspects of the new 6-month release cycle:
>>>    1.  New features tend to drop in without a lot of warning, so we should be
>> proactive in looking for these features as early as possible.
>>>    2.  We have a shorter window to get new aarch64 features into a release,
>> so bigger features may need to be targeted to a release early, and may need
>> a coordinated push to get them in.
>>>    3.  And finally, we have more parties working on the aarch64 port, so we
>> don't want to duplicate effort accidentally.
>>> As mentioned earlier, I've started tracking these issues on
>>>
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JT3lFsiju60JSU43DWN8NjuCjjNVh
>> k
>>> p7TltajdJCOr8/edit?usp=sharing
>>>
>>> Some topics for discussion:
>>>
>>>    *   Does anyone have further info on which new Java features (JEPs or
>> Projects) need porting or testing, or know that they don't need porting?
>>>    *   Does anyone want to investigate any of these feature?
>>>    *   Is anyone already working on a feature?
>>>       *   What is the status of the work?
>>>       *   Is help needed?
>>>    *   Do people have opinions on the priorities of this porting work?
>>>    *   Do we want to explicitly target some of these features for JDK 11, 12, or
>> 1024?
>>>    *   In particular, I'd like to talk about the Graal related features - AOT and
>> JIT.
>>>       *   Status of Graal on aarch64.
>>>          *   Thanks Redhat!
>>>          *   Anyone else pitching in?
>>>       *   Is there aarch64 work to be done in hotspot to support AOT/JIT
>> (jvmci, etc)?
>>>       *   Do we want to target a working AOT or JIT on aarch64 to a particular
>> JDK release?
>>>       *   Do we need more people to make this happen? For implementation,
>> testing, etc.
>>>    *   I have concerns about the SIMD/Vector API work going on as part of
>> Project Panama, but primarily to get someone to look at the API to make sure
>> it's OK for SVE, not necessarily to implement it soon.
>>> Does this sound like enough for a meeting? If so, I'll leave it to Stuart to set
>> things up.
>>> Feel free to update the web page or email out questions or status
>> beforehand.
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>    *   Derek