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

Tue Apr 8 16:19:23 UTC 2025

On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 16:04:21 GMT, Suchismith Roy <sroy at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> 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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> Also should has_vsx be removed too ?

"PPC" is older than V2.07. "mfsdcr" is a special version of "mfspr". "has_vsx" is also given on Power8.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/20262#discussion_r2033563655