RFR (trivial): 8219814: Help-info for pns(...) on Linux/mips lost

[David Holmes]

Hi Jie,

On 28/02/2019 12:06 am, Jie Fu wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> Thanks for your attention to MIPS-port of OpenJDK.
> 
> As a matter of fact, we have maintained the MIPS-port of jdk8 for over 6 
> years for Loongson CPU which is MIPS-compatible.
> And now we are porting the latest OpenJDK to MIPS as well with the 
> increasing demand of Loongson processors.
> We sincerely hope that the MIPS-port can be merged into the mainline.
> 
> Is there anything we can do to make it as soon as possible?

If a MIPS port is to be brought into mainline it will need a JEP so that 
its inclusion, and ongoing support, can be properly evaluated. Please 
see the s390 JEP for reference:

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8166730

The JEP process is described from:

http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/0

David
-----

> Thank you very much.
> 
> Best regards,
> Jie
> 
> 
> On 2019年02月27日 19:47, David Holmes wrote:
>> On 27/02/2019 6:23 pm, Jie Fu wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Bug:    https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8219814
>>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jiefu/8219814/webrev.00/
>>>
>>> When debug the VM in gdb and perform "call help()", the help-info for 
>>> pns(...) on Linux/mips is lost.
>>> However, it exists in jdk8.
>>
>> That's because there was some support for an active MIPS port in JDK 8 
>> but that no longer exists. This change may be trivial but it belongs 
>> in a project providing a MIPS port until such time as a MIPS port 
>> becomes mainline.
>>
>> David
>> -----
>>
>>> To support debugging on as many platforms as possible, it would be 
>>> better to keep it.
>>>
>>> The patch has been tested on Linux/x86-64 and Loongson's 
>>> Linux/mips64-port.
>>> Could you please review it?
>>> Thanks a lot.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Jie
>>>
>>>
> 
>