6992192: Need option to configure if direct memory is page aligned (XS)

[David Holmes]

Alan Bateman said the following on 10/15/10 06:21:
> 
> We have changes coming in the the libraries for 4837564 that requires 
> adding a VM option to configure if direct buffers are page aligned or 
> not. The changes are trivial and the webrev is here:
>  http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alanb/4837564/hotspot/

What am I missing here. We set a VM option that sets a property. Why 
doesn't the end user just set the property directly ???

David

> I'm using a separate CR for the hotspot change (6992192), to  keep the 
> bug management simple.
> 
> Thank,
> 
> -Alan.