Removing -XX option Use486InstrsOnly from hotspot.

[Jamsheed C m]

Hi David,

On 12/1/2015 12:08 PM, David Holmes wrote:
> 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. :)
>
yes, that is right.
> But thanks for checking.
Sure.

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