icedtea6-1.7 ARM results - HotSpot 16

[Xerxes Ranby]

> Ok, I'm going to summarise things in this email because I'm getting
> confused now as to what works and what doesn't:
> The only one missing below is the ARM port as these builds are all on x86_64.
>
>   
Hi i will fill in what information i know about various Icedtea6-1.7 and 
hg builds on ARM

> Normal builds
> ==========
>
> 1. --enable-vms=cacao,shark
>   
/sd/icedtea6-1.7-zero-shark-cacao/openjdk/build/linux-arm/j2sdk-image/bin/java 
-version
java version "1.6.0_17"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.7-r00dce3629da2) (build 
1.6.0_17-b17)
OpenJDK Zero VM (build 14.0-b16, interpreted mode)

/sd/icedtea6-1.7-zero-shark-cacao/openjdk/build/linux-arm/j2sdk-image/bin/java 
-version -cacao
java version "1.6.0_17"
IcedTea Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.7-r00dce3629da2) (build 
1.6.0_17-b17)
CACAO (build 0.99.4, compiled mode)

/sd/icedtea6-1.7-zero-shark-cacao/openjdk/build/linux-arm/j2sdk-image/bin/java 
-version -shark
my build failed to add shark see: 
http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=432

> 2.  --enable-shark
>
> Crashes on stage 2:
>   
java version "1.6.0_17"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8pre-rd9e57470d35d) (build 
1.6.0_17-b17)
OpenJDK Shark VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode)
mkdir -p stamps
touch stamps/bootstrap-directory-symlink.stamp
mkdir -p extra-lib
if ! test -d /sd/icedtea6-tot/bootstrap/jdk1.6.0 ; \
    then \
      /usr/bin/ecj -nowarn  -g -d extra-lib \
        -source 1.5 \
        -sourcepath extra -cp bootstrap/jdk1.7.0/jre/lib/rt-closed.jar \
        -bootclasspath \'\' @extra-source-files.txt ; \
    else \
      /sd/icedtea6-tot/bootstrap/jdk1.6.0/bin/javac  -g -d extra-lib \
            -source 1.5 \
            -sourcepath extra -cp bootstrap/jdk1.7.0/jre/lib/rt-closed.jar \
            -bootclasspath \'\' @extra-source-files.txt ; \
    fi
#
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
#
#  Internal Error (os_linux_zero.cpp:236), pid=448, tid=1087513744
#  Error: caught unhandled signal 4
#
# JRE version: 6.0_17-b17
# Java VM: OpenJDK Shark VM (14.0-b16 mixed mode linux-arm )
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /media/disk/icedtea6-tot/hs_err_pid448.log
#
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please include
# instructions how to reproduce the bug and visit:
#   http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla
#
/bin/bash: line 11:   448 Aborted                 
/sd/icedtea6-tot/bootstrap/jdk1.6.0/bin/javac -g -d extra-lib -source 
1.5 -sourcepath extra -cp bootstrap/jdk1.7.0/jre/lib/rt-closed.jar 
-bootclasspath \'\' @extra-source-files.txt
make: *** [stamps/extra-class-files.stamp] Error 134


3. --enable-cacao
my build failed see: 
http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=431
> Builds using --with-hotspot-build=hs16:
> ===========================
>
>   
I have no information on hs16 builds for ARM.
But doko seems to have made at least one sucessfull hs16 
zero,shark,cacao ARM build during last xmas
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b17~pre3-1ubuntu2/+build/1414218
> 1.6.2+hg
> =======
> 1. --enable-shark
>   
/sd/5nov-j2sdk-image/bin/java -version
java version "1.6.0_0"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.7pre-rcda20a4144b7) (build 
1.6.0_0-b17)
OpenJDK Shark VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode)

> So Shark has regressed to not bootstrapping with either HotSpot in 1.7.
>   

Im in favour for a new release since all jvms on ARM zero,cacao and 
shark (ecj) can be built with at least some combinations of the 
available build options.

Cheers
Xerxes