RFR: JDK-8331859 : [PPC64] Remove support for Power7 and older

Tue Apr 8 15:26:22 UTC 2025

On Mon, 7 Apr 2025 08:41:36 GMT, Martin Doerr <mdoerr at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi @TheRealMDoerr  I removed the instructions mentioned in the issue. How can I determine which instructions were older ? Is there a file where it is mentioned specifically ?
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> The Power ISA has a section "Appendix E. Power ISA Instruction Set Sorted by Opcode" at the end. We require Power8 which matches "Power ISA v2.07". All instructions from v2.07 or older are available.

Hi @TheRealMDoerr  some instructions have "PPC" written in version..what does this mean ? 
Also I do not see mfdscr in the appendix

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20262#discussion_r2033449189