Request for review 7188234: Deprecate VM command line options

[John Coomes]

harold seigel (harold.seigel at oracle.com) wrote:
> Summary:  The UseVectoredExceptions flag is being removed for JDK8.  
> This flag was used for the IA64 Windows platform but that platform is no 
> longer supported.
> 
> Open webrev at http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coleenp/bug_7188234 
> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Ecoleenp/bug_7188234>
> 
> Bug link at http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=7188234
> 
> Tested with JPRT, and on 64-bit Windows 7 by running specjvm98 and other 
> programs.

Normally we accept the option, but issue a warning and ignore the
value for at least one release.  See obsolete_jvm_flags in
arguments.cpp.  I think this option should be added there.

-John