[RFR]: 8186579: VM_Version::platform_features() needs update on linux-sparc

[Patric Hedlin]

Hi Paul... Adrian (...sorry, I was in a rush... ;)


On 2017-08-30 16:50, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hi Patric!
>
> On 08/30/2017 04:46 PM, Patric Hedlin wrote:
>> This seems to be a duplicate of JDK-8172232.
>
> Oh, I wasn't aware that someone from Oracle was working on this. My last
> information was that Oracle currently doesn't care about linux-sparc. Has
> this changed now?
>
No. I'm afraid not. But we are still willing to help out.
>> Since this is now a community effort/update, perhaps I can offer you 
>> the associated patch.
> If you have already written a patch, why not directly merge it
> into JDK10? Or is there anything that prevents that from happening?
>
There is this little catch around test infrastructure support. We're 
just a tad reluctant to commit things we cannot fully test on a regular 
basis. However, if the community (that is officially you now ;) provides 
some support in keeping the odd bits in shape, we will certainly accept 
patches and try to help out as best we can.

Best regards,
Patric
> Thanks,
> Adrian