RFR: Add support for ARMv6 to ARM JIT

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> >
> > You're more than welcome to commit this. Now would be a good time
> > to do so while things are still relatively quiet, before our
> > next release cycle in April.
> >
> > I've opened a bug to track this:
> >
> > http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2228
> >
> > If you include the text 'PR2228' in the commit message when pushing
> > to http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea7-forest/hotspot, the commit
> > will be recorded on the bug.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --
> > Andrew :)
> >
> >
> Thanks. I will do so next week. I am at a conference this week.
> 
> Was there a consensus on the which of the following routes we take.
> 
> 1) Add arm32JIT.cpp and keep thumb2.cpp
> 
> 2) Add arm32JIT.cpp and delete thumb2.cpp
> 
> (or maybe just call it armJIT.cpp since it supports both 16/32 bit)
> 
> 3) Replace the existing thumb2.cpp with the arm32JIT.cpp
> 
> (in this case the name is a misnomer).
> 
> I have no strong feelings on any of the above 3.
> 
> Ed.
> 

I'd say 2, unless someone has an objection.

Aren't 2 and 3 the same? If you're replacing thumb2.cpp, surely that
means it's been deleted? :/

FWIW, arm32 might be a little clearer to some than arm, given AArch64
has been referred to as arm64.
-- 
Andrew :)

Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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