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

[Jie Fu]

Great!
We will propose a JEP as soon as possible.

Thanks David.


On 2019/2/28 上午6:31, David Holmes wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>