RFR(S): 8016476: PPC64 (part 1): reenable CORE build

Coleen Phillimore coleen.phillimore at oracle.com
Thu Jun 13 06:31:31 PDT 2013


On 06/13/2013 08:18 AM, Volker Simonis wrote:
> No, we haven't introduced a single "#if CORE" in the sources.

Good!

>
> As Goetz wrote earlier, you can see all the changes in the Mercurial 
> patch queue at 
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/ppc-aix-port/jdk8/hotspot/file/tip/ppc_patches.

Wow...
>
> We used the CORE build to bootstrap our port. It doesn't mean that it 
> is minimal (in the sense that it doesn't contain unnecessary code). 
> But it creates a running, interpreter-only VM which can at least be 
> used to bootstrap the build. And it really required only minimal 
> shared code changes (see changes 0001... to 0008 in the patch queue). 
> Together with the ppc-specific files from change 
> '0009_linux_ppc_files.patch' this gives you a working c++ interpreter 
> VM on Linux/PPC64.
>

Okay, that is fine.

Thanks,
Coleen

> Regards,
> Volker
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Coleen Phillimore 
> <coleen.phillimore at oracle.com <mailto:coleen.phillimore at oracle.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>
>     This is only the makefile changes.   Do you intend to sprinkle #if
>     CORE all over the shared sources again?
>     We were really happy when we took that out.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Coleen
>
>
>     On 6/13/2013 5:53 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>
>         I fixed the jvmg target and prepared a webrev:
>         http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~goetz/webrevs/8016476-CORE/
>         <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Egoetz/webrevs/8016476-CORE/>
>
>         Thanks for reviewing, Vladimir.
>         I need a second reviewer, please.
>
>         Best regards,
>           Goetz.
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: hotspot-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net
>         <mailto:hotspot-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net>
>         [mailto:hotspot-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net
>         <mailto:hotspot-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net>] On Behalf Of
>         Vladimir Kozlov
>         Sent: Donnerstag, 13. Juni 2013 00:58
>         To: Volker Simonis
>         Cc: ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net
>         <mailto:ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net>; Chris Plummer;
>         hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net <mailto:hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net>
>         Subject: Re: JEP 175 - Review comments
>
>         Hi, Volker
>
>         0001_fix_core_build.patch passed JPRT build/test run so it is
>         good,
>         consider reviewed (assuming you fix jvmgcore).
>
>         Should we formalize the process to follow our normal openjdk
>         review
>         process? It will allow other people to see what is coming and
>         to comment
>         on it as you said and I agree.
>
>         - I will file rfes and add Volker and Goetz to watch list so
>         you get
>         notifications (I hope) about rfes.
>
>         - You submit webrev for reviews to ppc-aix-port-dev,
>         hotspot-dev mail
>         aliases.
>
>         - We do reviews and small testing to make sure changes do not
>         break our
>         builds.
>
>         - You prepare final patch with correct changeset header after
>         we agree
>         on changes.
>
>         - I push it to staging repo.
>
>         Is this acceptable to you?
>
>         About changeset header:
>
>         <bugid>: <synopsis-of-symptom>
>         Summary: <summary-of-code-change>
>         Reviewed-by: <reviewer>+
>         Contributed-by: <contributor-email>
>
>         I don't think you need "Contributed-by:" since Volker could be
>         author.
>         But it is up to you if you want to mention other contributors.
>
>         8016476: PPC64 (part 1): reenable CORE build
>         Summary: reenable CORE build for Linux/PPC64 and AIX/PPC64
>         Reviewed-by: kvn
>
>         Thanks,
>         Vladimir
>
>         PS: I filed next bug: PPC64 (part 2): Clean up PPC defines.
>         Please,
>         check that you get notification. You are on watch list.
>
>
>         On 6/12/13 12:18 PM, Vladimir Kozlov wrote:
>
>             Okay, I will add comment to the rfe that CORE target is
>             only used on
>             Linux/PPC64 and AIX/PPC64 and Oracle will not support it
>             (at least for
>             now).
>
>             Vladimir
>
>             On 6/12/13 11:51 AM, Volker Simonis wrote:
>
>                 On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Vladimir Kozlov
>                 <vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com
>                 <mailto:vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com>
>
>                     wrote:
>                     Thanks, Goetz
>
>                     I am perfectly fine with such granularity and I
>                     can start generating
>                     RFEs.
>                     I filed first:
>
>                        8016476: PPC64 (part 1): reenable CORE build
>
>
>                 Thanks!
>
>
>                     Are you sure that 0001_fix_core_build.patch is
>                     complete? I can't
>                     build it
>                     on my Mac:
>
>
>                 We haven't fixed the CORE build on all platforms. It
>                 should wok on
>                 Linux/PPC64 and AIX/PPC64 and not break anything else.
>
>                 This is the general approach we have taken. So I'm not
>                 sure what will be
>                 the best way for you to review the changes. But all of
>                 the patches
>                 from the
>                 first series of changes (1-9) won't probably do
>                 anything useful on
>                 Linux/x86 and Solaris because we haven't fixed the
>                 CORE build and the C++
>                 interpreter on that platforms. So building a CORE
>                 build or  the C++
>                 interpreter on Linux/x86, Solaris or Mac will probably
>                 not succeed
>                 (and was
>                 not the scope of this project).
>
>                 I think the review for these patches should only make
>                 sure that they
>                 don't
>                 break anything that worked before an any supported
>                 platforms (and
>                 trust us
>                 that they are good for our platforms:).
>
>                 So in that sense "reenable CORE build" only means to
>                 provide the
>                 appropriate targets in the Makefiles and not the
>                 required source code
>                 fixes
>                 on all platforms (although they may be
>                 trivial/minimal). But if you'd
>                 absolutely also want to have a core build on Linux/x86
>                 and Solaris, I can
>                 have a look at it.
>
>                 gnumake[4]: *** No rule to make target `dtrace_stuff'.
>                  Stop.
>
>                     gnumake[3]: *** [dtrace_stuff] Error 2
>                     gnumake[2]: *** [debugcore] Error 2
>                     gnumake[1]: *** [generic_buildcore] Error 2
>                     gnumake: *** [debugcore] Error 2
>
>                     And on SPARC:
>
>                     src/share/vm/runtime/globals.**hpp", line 170:
>                     Error: Multiple
>                     declaration for pd_InlineSmallCode.
>
>                     And you should used debugcore instead of jvmgcore:
>                     +all_debugcore:     jvmgcore docs export_debug
>
>                     I want your changes be perfect from the start ;)
>
>                 You're right. The renaming of the 'jvmg' target to
>                 'debug' has happened
>                 recently (
>                 http://hg.openjdk.java.net/hsx/hotspot-main/hotspot/rev/f36e073d56a4)
>                 and
>                 we haven't adapted it. We will fix this.
>
>
>                     And I need to discuss with our embedded group about
>                     0002_PPC_defines.patch
>                     because it affects them. It may take time.
>
>                     Thanks,
>                     Vladimir
>
>
>                     On 6/12/13 8:39 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
>
>                         Hi Vladimir,
>
>                         yes, the plan is that each is self contained.
>                         When I set up the
>                         patches I
>                         built and jckecked each. When I updated them I
>                         only built them
>                         selectively,
>                         so there might be minor issues.  I had planned
>                         to assure this once I
>                         make
>                         webrevs from the patches.
>
>                         Some of them might apply in any order, but
>                         others depend on previous
>                         ones,
>                         e.g., 0009 containing the ppc files will not
>                         work without the changes
>                         before.
>
>                         The patches work with hs25-b34.
>
>                         Please tell me if I can do anything to ease
>                         your reviewing.
>
>                         Ah, I just saw your mail about closed code ...
>                         I tried to keep
>                         changes necessary to other platform code to a
>                         minimum, but also tried
>                         to avoid strange workarounds.  Therefore I for
>                         example did change 0002
>                         renaming the PPC defines, see the comment there.
>
>                         If you agree with the granularity of the
>                         changes, it would be great
>                         if you
>                         could generate bug-ids for them.  Maybe at
>                         least for the changes
>                         up to 0016?
>
>                         Best regards
>                              Goetz.
>
>
>
>                         -----Original Message-----
>                         From: Vladimir Kozlov
>                         [mailto:vladimir.kozlov@
>                         <mailto:vladimir.kozlov@>**oracle.com
>                         <http://oracle.com><vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com
>                         <mailto:vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com>>
>                         ]
>                         Sent: Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2013 17:03
>                         To: Lindenmaier, Goetz
>                         Cc:
>                         ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.**net<ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net
>                         <mailto:ppc-aix-port-dev at openjdk.java.net>>;
>                         hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net
>                         <mailto:hotspot-dev at openjdk.java.net>; Volker
>                         Simonis; Azeem Jiva; Chris Plummer
>                         Subject: Re: JEP 175 - Review comments
>
>                         Thank you, Goetz.
>
>                         Can I review just 1 patch (for example, 1 from
>                         first 1-9), merge it
>                         with
>                         jdk8 and build? Or I should do review all 1-9
>                         patches and merge them together into jdk8 to
>                         be able build? In
>                         short, is
>                         each patch self-contain?
>
>                         Thanks,
>                         Vladimir
>
>                         On 6/12/13 7:44 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
>
>                             Hi,
>
>                             With my recent changes I removed some of
>                             the problems Vladimir
>                             mentioned.
>
>                             I also added the patches queue I maintain
>                             into our jdk8/hotspot
>                             repository,
>                             at hotspot/ppc_patches.
>                             Applied to the staging hotspot directory,
>                             the linuxppc and aixppc
>                             hotspots
>                             can be built.
>
>                             The queue contains the changes proposed by
>                             me before, with minor
>                             changes
>                             due
>                             to recent development:
>
>                             1-9     linuxppc C-interpreter port (In
>                             our plan milestone M2.1)
>                             11-15   aixppc   C-interpreter port (In
>                             our plan milestone M2.2)
>                             101-107 C-interpreter improvements
>                             111-122 ppc C2 compiler port leading to a
>                             vm rudimentarily working
>                             200-217 C2 compiler fixes, extensions etc
>                             needed for a stable and
>                                         performant ppc port.
>                             Altogether currently 49 changes.
>
>                             Our plan was to propose the changes in the
>                             order of the queue for
>                             review. I'm happy to create webrevs for
>                             any of them.
>
>                             Vladimir, maybe the queue simplifies
>                             reviewing the port, as the
>                             changes
>                             are more complete.  They include all later
>                             improvements by fixes or
>                             adaptions in merge changes.
>                             For why and where I renamed PPC to PPC32
>                             see the second change in the
>                             queue.
>
>                             Best regards,
>                                   Goetz.
>
>
>                             PS: This can be used as the invokedynamic
>                             repository:
>                                   hg clone
>                             http://hg.openjdk.java.net/**ppc-aix-port/jdk8/hotspot<http://hg.openjdk.java.net/ppc-aix-port/jdk8/hotspot>
>                             ppc-hotspot
>                                   hg clone
>                             http://hg.openjdk.java.net/**ppc-aix-port/stage/hotspot<http://hg.openjdk.java.net/ppc-aix-port/stage/hotspot>stage-hotspot
>
>                                   cd stage-hotspot
>                                   ln -s .../ppc-hotspot/ppc_patches/
>                             .hg/patches
>                                   hg qpush -a
>
>
>
>
>
>                             -----Original Message-----
>                             From: Vladimir Kozlov
>                             [mailto:vladimir.kozlov@
>                             <mailto:vladimir.kozlov@>**oracle.com
>                             <http://oracle.com><vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com
>                             <mailto:vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com>>
>                             ]
>                             Sent: Dienstag, 11. Juni 2013 18:34
>                             To: Lindenmaier, Goetz
>                             Cc: Volker Simonis; Azeem Jiva; Chris Plummer
>                             Subject: Re: JEP 175 - Review comments
>
>                             Here is result of my first attempt to
>                             build/test ppc changes together
>                             with our closed sources.
>
>                             Small problems:
>
>                             src/share/vm/memory/**allocation.hpp:209:
>                             Trailing whitespace
>                             src/share/vm/memory/**allocation.inline.hpp:121:
>                             Trailing whitespace
>                             src/share/vm/opto/escape.cpp:**2207:
>                             Trailing whitespace
>                             src/share/vm/memory/**allocation.hpp:212:
>                             Trailing whitespace
>                             src/share/vm/opto/escape.cpp:**2214:
>                             Trailing whitespace
>
>                             Build on MacOS:
>
>                             src/share/vm/opto/**callGenerator.cpp: In
>                             member function 'virtual
>                             JVMState*
>                             VirtualCallGenerator::**generate(JVMState*)':
>                             src/share/vm/opto/**callGenerator.cpp:204:
>                             error:
>                             'zero_page_read_protected' is not a member
>                             of 'os'
>
>                             agent/src/os/bsd/**MacosxDebuggerLocal.m:54:2:
>                             error: #error
>                             UNSUPPORTED_ARCH
>                             agent/src/os/bsd/**MacosxDebuggerLocal.m:167:4:
>                             error: #error
>                             UNSUPPORTED_ARCH
>                             agent/src/os/bsd/**MacosxDebuggerLocal.m:591:2:
>                             error: #error
>                             UNSUPPORTED_ARCH
>
>
>                             We have several conflict with closed
>                             sources builds:
>
>                             src/share/vm/utilities/**elfSymbolTable.cpp:
>                             In member function 'bool
>                             ElfSymbolTable::lookup(**unsigned char*,
>                             int*, int*, int*)':
>                             src/share/vm/utilities/**elfSymbolTable.cpp:97:
>                             error: comparison
>                             between
>                             signed and unsigned integer expressions
>                             src/share/vm/utilities/**elfSymbolTable.cpp:124:
>                             error: comparison
>                             between
>                             signed and unsigned integer expressions
>
>                             error: no 'oopDesc**
>                             frame::interpreter_frame_**mirror_addr()
>                             const'
>                             member function declared in class 'frame'
>
>                             error: no matching function for call to
>                             'SharedRuntime::c_calling_**convention(BasicType*&,
>                             VMRegPair*&,
>                             uint&)'
>
>                             I think it is due to changes like next:
>
>                             -#ifdef PPC
>                             +#ifdef PPC32
>                                     oop*
>                             interpreter_frame_mirror_addr(**) const;
>
>
>                             Next is easy fix in our closed sources but
>                             it requires efforts from
>                             our
>                             side:
>
>                             src/share/vm/prims/**methodHandles.cpp: In
>                             static member function
>                             'static
>                             void MethodHandles::generate_**adapters()':
>                             src/share/vm/prims/**methodHandles.cpp:68:
>                             error: 'adapter_code_size'
>                             cannot be used as a function
>                             src/share/vm/prims/**methodHandles.cpp:70:
>                             error: 'adapter_code_size'
>                             cannot be used as a function
>
>
>                             I would suggest to do such shared changes
>                             which affects different
>                             builds
>                             later after initial push.
>
>
>                             Thanks,
>                             Vladimir
>
>                             On 6/7/13 3:20 AM, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
>
>                                 Hi Vladimir,
>
>                                 I updated the repo to jdk8-b92.  Our
>                                 nightly tests built and
>                                 tested it successfully.  In case you
>                                 experience any problems
>                                 please tell me the details so I can
>                                 fix them.
>
>                                 Best regards,
>                                        Goetz.
>
>                                 http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~**simonis/ppc-aix-port/index.**html
>                                 <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7E**simonis/ppc-aix-port/index.**html><http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~simonis/ppc-aix-port/index.html
>                                 <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Esimonis/ppc-aix-port/index.html>>
>
>
>
>                                 -----Original Message-----
>                                 From: Vladimir Kozlov
>                                 [mailto:vladimir.kozlov@
>                                 <mailto:vladimir.kozlov@>**oracle.com
>                                 <http://oracle.com><vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com
>                                 <mailto:vladimir.kozlov at oracle.com>>
>                                 ]
>                                 Sent: Dienstag, 4. Juni 2013 20:58
>                                 To: Simonis, Volker
>                                 Cc: Iris Clark; Wintergerst, Michael;
>                                 Lindenmaier, Goetz; Bernard
>                                 Traversat; Jeannette Hung; Azeem Jiva;
>                                 David Therkelsen; Mikael
>                                 Vidstedt;
>                                 Neil Richards; Steve Poole;
>                                 luchsh at cn.ibm.com
>                                 <mailto:luchsh at cn.ibm.com>; Tim
>                                 Ellison; Alan
>                                 Bateman
>                                 Subject: Re: JEP 175 - Review comments
>
>                                 Volker,
>
>                                 Can you or someone update
>                                 http://hg.openjdk.java.net/**ppc-aix-port/jdk8/hotspot<http://hg.openjdk.java.net/ppc-aix-port/jdk8/hotspot>to
>                                 match latest
>                                 sources in
>                                 http://hg.openjdk.java.net/**jdk8/jdk8/hotspot<http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/hotspot>
>
>                                 ?
>                                 I just tried to merge them and build
>                                 Hotspot on x86 without success.
>
>                                 Thanks,
>                                 Vladimir
>
>                                 On 6/4/13 7:04 AM, Simonis, Volker wrote:
>
>                                     We intentionally used
>                                     'porters-dev' rather
>                                     than'ppc-aix-port-dev' in
>                                     the
>                                     beginning to address a broader
>                                     audience for the initial discussions.
>
>                                     But I'm happy to change that back
>                                     to 'ppc-aix-port-dev' now.
>
>                                     Regards,
>                                     Volker
>
>
>                                     ------------------------------**------------------------------**
>                                     ------------
>                                     *From:* Iris Clark
>                                     [iris.clark at oracle.com
>                                     <mailto:iris.clark at oracle.com>]
>                                     *Sent:* Tuesday, June 04, 2013 3:50 PM
>                                     *To:* Simonis, Volker;
>                                     Wintergerst, Michael; Lindenmaier,
>                                     Goetz;
>                                     Bernard
>                                     Traversat; Jeannette Hung; Azeem
>                                     Jiva; David Therkelsen; Mikael
>                                     Vidstedt; Neil Richards; Steve
>                                     Poole; luchsh at cn.ibm.com
>                                     <mailto:luchsh at cn.ibm.com>; Tim
>                                     Ellison;
>                                     iris.clark at oracle.com
>                                     <mailto:iris.clark at oracle.com>
>                                     *Cc:* Alan Bateman; Vladimir Kozlov
>                                     *Subject:* RE: JEP 175 - Review
>                                     comments
>
>                                     Hi, Volker.
>
>                                     Sorry about this, one more thing
>                                     about the JEP...
>
>                                     I think that the "Discussion" list
>                                     probably needs to be updated
>                                     to be
>                                     your Project's mailing list
>                                     (ppc-aix-port-dev).  Right now it's
>                                     listed
>                                     as porters-dev.
>
>                                     Thanks,
>
>                                     iris
>
>                                     *From:*Simonis, Volker
>                                     [mailto:volker.simonis at sap.com
>                                     <mailto:volker.simonis at sap.com>**]
>                                     *Sent:* Tuesday, June 04, 2013
>                                     12:12 AM
>                                     *To:* Iris Clark; Wintergerst,
>                                     Michael; Lindenmaier, Goetz; Bernard
>                                     Traversat; Jeannette Hung; Azeem
>                                     Jiva; David Therkelsen; Mikael
>                                     Vidstedt; Neil Richards; Steve
>                                     Poole; luchsh at cn.ibm.com
>                                     <mailto:luchsh at cn.ibm.com>; Tim
>                                     Ellison
>                                     *Cc:* Alan Bateman; Vladimir Kozlov
>                                     *Subject:* RE: JEP 175 - Review
>                                     comments
>
>                                     Hi Iris,
>
>                                     you're right, the title is too
>                                     clumsy - I just couldn't come up with
>                                     something better yesterday in the
>                                     evening.
>
>                                     "PowerPC/AIX Port" sounds good to
>                                     me. If nobody complains, I'll take
>                                     it.
>
>                                     Thanks,
>                                     Volker
>
>                                     ------------------------------**------------------------------**
>                                     ------------
>
>                                     *From:*Iris Clark
>                                     [iris.clark at oracle.com
>                                     <mailto:iris.clark at oracle.com>]
>                                     *Sent:* Tuesday, June 04, 2013 2:57 AM
>                                     *To:* Simonis, Volker;
>                                     Wintergerst, Michael; Lindenmaier,
>                                     Goetz;
>                                     Bernard
>                                     Traversat; Jeannette Hung; Azeem
>                                     Jiva; David Therkelsen; Mikael
>                                     Vidstedt; Neil Richards; Steve
>                                     Poole; luchsh at cn.ibm.com
>                                     <mailto:luchsh at cn.ibm.com>
>                                     <mailto:luchsh at cn.ibm.com
>                                     <mailto:luchsh at cn.ibm.com>>; Tim
>                                     Ellison
>                                     *Cc:* Alan Bateman; Vladimir
>                                     Kozlov; iris.clark at oracle.com
>                                     <mailto:iris.clark at oracle.com>
>                                     <mailto:iris.clark at oracle.com
>                                     <mailto:iris.clark at oracle.com>>
>                                     *Subject:* RE: JEP 175 - Review
>                                     comments
>
>                                     Hi, Volker.
>
>                                     I've just updated the JEP
>                                     according to your  suggestions.
>
>                                     I'm not a Reviewer however, I
>                                     think that the phrase "OpenJDK master
>                                     repositories" in the revised title
>                                     is not ideal:
>
>                                     --- a/jep-175.md
>                                     <http://jep-175.md> Mon May 27
>                                     23:22:51 2013 +0400
>
>                                     +++ b/jep-175.md
>                                     <http://jep-175.md> Mon Jun 03
>                                     18:51:18 2013 +0200
>
>                                     @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
>
>                                     JEP: 175
>
>                                     -Title: Integrate PowerPC/AIX Port
>                                     into JDK 8
>
>                                     +Title: Integrate the PowerPC/AIX
>                                     Port into the OpenJDK master
>                                     repositories
>
>                                     Author: Volker Simonis
>
>                                     Organization: SAP AG
>
>                                     Created: 2013/1/11
>
>                                     Thinking out loud, what about just
>                                     "PowerPC/AIX Port"?  JEPs are all
>                                     about adding features to JDK
>                                     Release Projects.  There are lots of
>                                     examples of JEPs [1] which don't
>                                     begin with verbs, e.g. "133:
>                                     Unicode
>                                     6.2", "148: Small VM", "172:
>                                     DocLint", etc.  The JEP itself
>                                     contains
>                                     additional details.
>
>                                     Perhaps others have suggestions?
>
>                                     Am I right with my assumption that
>                                     the targeted release will
>                                     still be
>                                     JDK 8 (or 9/8u respectively) but
>                                     that the targeted release will
>                                     be set
>                                     in the "Release" header field of
>                                     the JEP by the OpenJDK Lead (as
>                                     specified in the JEP specification)?
>
>                                     Yes.  Once that field is
>                                     populated, the value will appear
>                                     in the JEP
>                                     index [1], see the third column.
>
>                                     Thanks,
>
>                                     Iris
>
>                                     [1]: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/0
>
>                                     *From:*Simonis, Volker
>                                     [mailto:volker.simonis at sap.com
>                                     <mailto:volker.simonis at sap.com>**]
>                                     *Sent:* Monday, June 03, 2013 10:10 AM
>                                     *To:* Iris Clark; Wintergerst,
>                                     Michael; Lindenmaier, Goetz; Bernard
>                                     Traversat; Jeannette Hung; Azeem
>                                     Jiva; David Therkelsen; Mikael
>                                     Vidstedt; Neil Richards; Steve
>                                     Poole; luchsh at cn.ibm.com
>                                     <mailto:luchsh at cn.ibm.com>
>                                     <mailto:luchsh at cn.ibm.com
>                                     <mailto:luchsh at cn.ibm.com>>; Tim
>                                     Ellison
>                                     *Cc:* Alan Bateman; Vladimir Kozlov
>                                     *Subject:* RE: JEP 175 - Review
>                                     comments
>
>                                     Hi,
>
>                                     I've just updated the JEP
>                                     according to your  suggestions. Please
>                                     find
>                                     the new version attached to this
>                                     mail (I haven't checked the new
>                                     version
>                                     in until now to give everybody a
>                                     chance to comment on the changes).
>
>                                     Am I right with my assumption that
>                                     the targeted release will
>                                     still be
>                                     JDK 8 (or 9/8u respectively) but
>                                     that the targeted release will
>                                     be set
>                                     in the "Release" header field of
>                                     the JEP by the OpenJDK Lead (as
>                                     specified in the JEP specification)?
>
>                                     In addition to the changes
>                                     proposed by you I've added the
>                                     contents of
>                                     the "Approach" section from Azeems
>                                     "PPCAIX plan" to the
>                                     "Description"
>                                     section of the JEP. I've also
>                                     added links to the new "PowerPC/AIX
>                                     Port
>                                     Integration Plan" [2] of our
>                                     "PowerPC/AIX Port OpenJDK Wiki
>                                     Space" [3]
>                                     to the JEP.
>
>                                     The "PowerPC/AIX Port Integration
>                                     Plan" in the Wiki is intended
>                                     to hold
>                                     Azeems "PPCAIX plan" document.
>
>                                     @Iris: could you please somehow
>                                     arrange to give Azeem editing
>                                     rights to
>                                     that page?
>
>                                     @Azeem: could you please be so
>                                     kind to past the contents of the
>                                     "PPCAIX
>                                     plan" into that page (once you
>                                     have the appropriate rights)? I
>                                     saw that
>                                     the document is created from an
>                                     Atlassian Confluence Wiki anyway
>                                     and in
>                                     my unlimited naivety I imagine
>                                     this could be a simple copy-and-paste
>                                     operation:) If that doesn't work
>                                     so easily, please let me know how I
>                                     could help.
>
>                                     If there are no objections I plan
>                                     to checkin the new version of
>                                     the JEP
>                                     tomorrow after our telephone call.
>
>                                     Thank you and best regards,
>                                     Volker
>
>                                     [2]:
>                                     https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/**pages/viewpage.action?pageId=**
>                                     13729959<https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=13729959>
>
>                                     [3]:
>                                     https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/**display/PPCAIXPort<https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/PPCAIXPort>
>
>
>                                     ------------------------------**------------------------------**
>                                     ------------
>
>                                     *From:*Iris Clark
>                                     [iris.clark at oracle.com
>                                     <mailto:iris.clark at oracle.com>]
>                                     *Sent:* Friday, May 31, 2013 8:48 PM
>                                     *To:* Wintergerst, Michael;
>                                     Simonis, Volker; Lindenmaier, Goetz;
>                                     Bernard
>                                     Traversat; Jeannette Hung; Azeem
>                                     Jiva; David Therkelsen; Mikael
>                                     Vidstedt; Neil Richards; Steve
>                                     Poole; luchsh at cn.ibm.com
>                                     <mailto:luchsh at cn.ibm.com>
>                                     <mailto:luchsh at cn.ibm.com
>                                     <mailto:luchsh at cn.ibm.com>>; Tim
>                                     Ellison
>                                     *Cc:* iris.clark at oracle.com
>                                     <mailto:iris.clark at oracle.com>
>                                     <mailto:iris.clark at oracle.com
>                                     <mailto:iris.clark at oracle.com>>**;
>                                     Alan
>                                     Bateman; Vladimir Kozlov
>                                     *Subject:* JEP 175 - Review comments
>
>                                     Hi, Volker.
>
>                                     JEP 175: Integrate PowerPC/AIX
>                                     Port into JDK 8
>
>                                     http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/**175
>                                     <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/175>
>
>                                     We're actively working to get your
>                                     JEP to Funded.   We had a few
>                                     comments:
>
>                                     -Recommend that "8" be removed
>                                     from the JEP title, etc.
>
>                                     -Recommend that the first
>                                     Motivation bullet clearly indicate
>                                     that
>                                     it is
>                                     only covering PPC/AIX.
>
>                                     -Recommend that the second
>                                     Motivation bullet be modified to
>                                     make it
>                                     clear that it applies to Hotspot only.
>
>                                     (Instructions for editing the JEP
>                                     may be found in the "Mechanics"
>                                     section at the bottom of JEP 1 [1].)
>
>                                     Vladimir Kozlov (VM) and Alan
>                                     Bateman (Core Libraries) are lined
>                                     up to
>                                     be the JEP's reviewers.  Once
>                                     they're satisfied with your
>                                     changes/feedback they'll add
>                                     themselves to the JEP's "Reviewed-by"
>                                     line.
>
>                                     Thanks,
>
>                                     Iris Clark
>
>                                     [1]: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/1
>
>
>
>



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