Merge ppc port into jdk7u-dev

[Andrew Haley]

On 21/07/16 14:29, Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
> it's the same as in jdk9, except for the C1 port and maybe some recent implemented
> intrinsics.  We'll continue downporting fixes.  We supply the security fixes so that
> Oracle can push them for ppc right away, too.  Sometimes processes are in the way ...

OK, thanks.  I'm pretty sure that a clean patch for PPC can be
approved fairly quickly.  It all depends on how clean it is.

Andrew.