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

[David Holmes]

On 3/08/2016 2:43 AM, joe darcy wrote:
> 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.

It is only being done when running on M7 hardware, so a very small 
subset of systems. Doing a general boot JDK update would seem an 
out-of-scope project at this late stage of JDK 9. We don't know what new 
bugs we might hit with a newer boot JDK.

Cheers,
David

> 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
>>
>