Client VM for 64 bit linux

[David Holmes]

Hi,

Attachments get stripped by the mailing software. If the patches are 
small enough please include them inline, else post them somewhere 
accessible. Changes would be needed for both the old and new build systems.

Thanks,
David Holmes

On 27/12/2012 1:56 AM, Aekold Helbrass wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> So, last time when I asked about 64 bit ClientVM someone explained me that
> it's fully compatible, just not build.
>
> I've made 2 patches to build system to build 64 bit client VM for linux.
> Unfortunately I do not have windows installation to check if it works
> there, but on linux it works fine, runs NetBeans without problems, and for
> NetBeans difference between 32 and 64 is huge: 4 seconds cold start against
> 13 seconds cold start.
>
> Please see 2 files in attachment, they should be applied to hotspot and jdk
> repositories.
>
> Regards!