RFR: JDK-8162354: Unable to build JDK 9 on a Sparc T7-1 with default boot-jdk 8.0

[joe darcy]

Hi Erik,

In general, I think it is reasonable to update the boot JDK from JDK 8 
GA. However, I think this would be reasonable to do across platforms 
rather than just for Solaris.

Cheers,

-Joe


On 8/2/2016 9:38 AM, Tim Bell wrote:
> Erik:
>
>> The default bootjdk for 9 is JDK 8. Unfortunately JDK 8 does not work 
>> on newer M7 sparc hardware. This has of course been fixed in an 
>> update. This patch changes the Jib profile configuration to use 8u102 
>> as bootjdk on Solaris sparc if the cpu is of the M7 type.
>>
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8162354
>>
>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8162354/webrev.01
>
> Looks good.
>
> /Tim
>