Dropping 32-bit support (was Branches)

[James Melvin]

Yes.  I can file a bug and look into this, Mike.

- Jim


On 2/21/12 5:55 PM, Mike Swingler wrote:
> On Feb 21, 2012, at 2:45 PM, James Melvin wrote:
>
>> One caveat...
>>
>> For the JVM, we've preserved 32/64-bit universal builds. Currently, the
>> JVM universal build only includes 64-bit support. Additionally including
>> 32-bit requires 3 Makefile uncomments. However, there may likely be
>> additional work on the JDK side to fully support the same.
>
> That's good to know, but that should really be keyed off of a build flag (which can default to 64-bit only). Should we file a CR through the Oracle bug reporter to get the process started to change this for HotSpot?
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Swingler
> Apple Inc.
>