RFC: JEP - One AArch64 Port, Not Two

[Bob Vandette]

Thanks so much Aleksei.

Bob.

> On Aug 28, 2018, at 2:50 AM, Aleksei Voitylov <aleksei.voitylov at bell-sw.com> wrote:
> 
> Bob,
> 
> I support this JEP. It is going to be easier to maintain the ARM 32-bit port with this effort as well. We are going to run some testing on the ARM 32-bit port and get back to you with the results in a couple of weeks.
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> On a side note, I'm preparing a small patch to the AARCH64 port to enable Minimal VM there - with this all the functionality that was there in the ARM64 port will be present in AARCH64.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Aleksei
> 
> 
> On 23/08/2018 18:13, Bob Vandette wrote:
>> As a follow-on to the previous thread  "ARM port consolidation” [1],
>> please review and comment on this newly filed JEP that removes
>> one of the two AArch64 ports from the JDK.
>> 
>> JEP:
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>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8209093
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>> Here’s a prototype of the changes that would be done under this JEP.
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>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~bobv/8209093/webrev.00
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>> [1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2018-June/032756.html
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>> Bob.
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