OSX 32/64 bits support for JDK7 patch for review

David Holmes david.holmes at oracle.com
Wed Apr 25 15:51:55 PDT 2012


On 26/04/2012 5:16 AM, Henri Gomez wrote:
>> I assume the ergonomics are kicking in on a standard 32-bit VM and
>> flipping it to server mode. I know on Linux machines it doesn't take
>> that big a system to cause JVM to default to server mode; having dual
>> cores used to be enough in itself. Not sure what the ergonomics are
>> these days.
>>
>> Perhaps Apple forces 32-bit mode to always be client?
>
> With current patch, -d32 activate server mode, -d32 -client activate
> client mode.
> Not a big deal, but I'd like to know if it's the expected behaviour :)

-d32 should not affect selection of client vs server - assuming they 
both exist. The default is determined by the contents of the jvm.cfg file.

David



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