RFR: Changes to disable and/or remove Solaris 32-bit from JDK8

[Martin Buchholz]

Google is interested in using DUAL_MODE on Linux and would prefer that at
least the code to support DUAL_MODE is not removed.  I see that you are not
removing DUAL_MODE, just disabling it for Solaris.

I would prefer to see DUAL_MODE semi-supported with all OSes, and make
support for DUAL_MODE a deployment time decision.  If you don't create the
32-bit/64-bit overlays, then the -d32 and -d64 flags simply won't find the
alternate set of binaries.  Does anyone else in openjdk-land like the
ability to use -d32 and -d64?

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I would like to see DUAL_MODE defined as follows, independent of OS:

#if defined(LIBARCH32NAME) && defined(LIBARCH64NAME)
#  define DUAL_MODE
#endif

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I'm unhappy that below you are undefing DUAL_MODE even if a user went out
of their way to define it.  You could more simply remove
#define DUAL_MODE

 #ifdef __solaris__-#  define DUAL_MODE+#  ifdef DUAL_MODE+#    undef
DUAL_MODE+#  endif




On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Kumar Srinivasan <
kumar.x.srinivasan at oracle.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Please review the changes to remove Solaris 32-bit binaries from JDK8
> distros,
> at this time the dual mode support in the launcher is being disabled.
>
> Message regarding this:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/**pipermail/jdk8-dev/2013-**
> September/003159.html<http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8-dev/2013-September/003159.html>
>
> The jdk changes are here:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~**ksrini/8020552/webrev.jdk.0/<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ksrini/8020552/webrev.jdk.0/>
>
> The top forest changes are here:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~**ksrini/8020552/webrev.jdk8.0/<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ksrini/8020552/webrev.jdk8.0/>
>
>
> Thanks
> Kumar
>
>
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