JDK-8252803: Add the /LARGEADDRESSAWARE flag when linking executables for Windows 32-bit.

[Alan Bateman]

On 10/09/2020 10:44, Archana Nogriya wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am requesting a proposal for the contribution to OpenJDK.
> I have created webrev with my changes.
>
Moving to build-dev as that is normally where the linker options are 
discussed.

I don't know if there is a significant need for Windows 32-bit build 
these days but one thing to mention is that adding /LARGEADDRESSAWARE 
created compatibility concerns with JNI code in the past. I see Joe 
Darcy has linked to JDK-5061380 [1], there may be others.

-Alan

[1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-5061380