Review Request: 7141246 build-infra merge: Introduce new JVM_VARIANT* to control which kind of jvm gets built

[Erik Joelsson]

Thanks for the reviews!

On 2012-03-19 02:21, David Holmes wrote:
> Minor nit, when you say:
>
> # On 32 bit <OS-NAME> we build server and client, on 64 bit just server.
>
> the OS isn't actually relevant. If we ask for a 32-bit build then we 
> build both client and server; if we ask for a 64-bit build then we 
> build server only (by default).
>
> So AFAICS the only platform dependent part here is adding kernel on 
> Windows - right? If so then once we do the kernel->minimal transition 
> this can be refactored into the defaults section of the top-level 
> defs.make
>
Yes, the only platform dependent part is kernel on Windows. Will minimal 
be built on all OSes and not just Windows then? If that's the case, then 
yes, there is no need for duplicating this logic in the platform 
specific files.

I've created an exported change and put it here:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/7141246/hotspot-change

/Erik