RFR: 8289552: Make intrinsic conversions between bit representations of half precision values and floats [v8]

[Smita Kamath]

On Fri, 30 Sep 2022 17:24:31 GMT, Vladimir Kozlov <kvn at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> @vnkozlov I spoke too soon. All the GHA tests passed in the dummy draft PR I created using Smita's patch:
>> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/10500
>> Please take a look. No build failures reported and all tier1 tests passed.
>
>> @sviswa7 The failure is due to [JDK-8293618](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8293618), @smita-kamath please merge with master. Thanks.
> 
> Yes, I tested with latest JDK sources which includes JDK-8293618.

@vnkozlov, I have implemented all of the reviewers comments. Could you kindly test this patch? Thanks a lot for your help.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/9781