Removing -XX option Use486InstrsOnly from hotspot.

[David Holmes]

Hi Jamsheed,

On 1/12/2015 1:47 PM, Jamsheed C m wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am planning to remove command line option -XX:+/-Use486InstrsOnly from
> Hotspot.
>
> This flag is too old to be maintained in Hotspot any longer. Let me know
> if someone is still using this flag?

This flag is completely obsolete. It's only use is in determining cpu 
information inside VM_Version::get_processor_features; and as per the 
bug report enabling it on a fastdebug build fails an assertion - so you 
can be assured we are not using this in any testing. And of course 486 
has not been supported for a long time. :)

But thanks for checking.

Cheers,
David

> (flag removal decision is triggered by the bug 6808665)
>
> Best Regards,
> Jamsheed
>
>