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

[David Holmes]

Hi Erik,

On 3/08/2016 1:11 AM, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 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.

Isn't 8u102 a bit too recent to use - shouldn't we use the oldest 
version that works on M7?

Does this actually affect official builds (do they use M7) or does this 
simply enable use of M7 in the other build processes (JPRT etc)?

Thanks,
David

> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8162354
>
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8162354/webrev.01/
>
> /Erik
>