Shenandoah and aarch64

[guoge (A)]

On 20/03/2020 01:02, guoge (A) wrote:
>>>> Well, pretty much same as jdk11. We want to first backport LRB and 
>>>> friends, which should clean up the shared code changes very 
>>>> considerably. And after that, we shall comb through:
>>>>
>>>> https://builds.shipilev.net/patch-openjdk-shenandoah-jdk8-only-share
>>>> d
>>>> /
>>>> hotspot/
>>>>
>>>> and sort out whatever is no longer needed.
>>>>
>>>> Right now it's mixed up with aarch64 changes, which is why I'd 
>>>> probably push aarch64 to jdk8u first, which should be whatever is:
>>>>
>>>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/aarch64-port/jdk8u/hotspot/
>>>>
>>>> When this is done, we can take the complete patch and push it at 
>>>> once to jdk8u.
>>>>
>>>> Do you agree?
>>>
>>> That sounds sensible. AArch64 is much less intrusive to the 8u code base than Shenandoah.
>> 
>> We are interested in this issue. May I ask if there is any update on this please? 
>> 
>> Guo Ge
>> 
>
>I'm planning to get the AArch64 port into 8u for the 8u272 cycle (so integration sometime in June, release in October). I want to keep it out of the way of the JFR integration.
>
>As Roman says, Shenandoah needs to wait until it is in 11u first.
>
>Thanks,
>--
>Andrew :)

that's just what I want, AArch64 port into 8u, hopefully it will release in Oct.