RFR: 8264064: Cross compile JavaFX graphics and controls modules for Windows AArch64 (ARM64) [v4]

[Johan Vos]

On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:37:08 GMT, Alexander Scherbatiy <alexsch at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This is a proposal for cross compiling JavaFX base modules (excluding media and webkit) for Windows AArch64 (ARM64).
>> 
>> Main changes:
>> - prismES2 native compilation is moved under IS_INCLUDE_ES2 condition
>> - HOST_ARCH and TARGET_ARCH are retrieved from  ext.OS_ARCH and ext.TARGET_ARCH using substitution aarch64 to arm64 and amd64 to x64
>> - VCARCH is set to  "${HOST_ARCH}_${TARGET_ARCH}" architecture for cross compilation. VCARCH is set to x64 for amd64 target architecture (according to the [vcvarsall.bat doc](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/building-on-the-command-line?view=msvc-160#developer_command_file_locations) x64 and amd64 are interchangeable)
>> - arm64 rc.exe and fxc.exe execution fails on non arm64 host. The fix checks that and falls back to host rc.exe and fxc.exe. The right way would be to use rc.exe and fxc.exe from arm64 but I did not find a right way to run them on host system.
>> 
>> I also looked which changes are required to build media module for Windows aarch64.
>> The main changes could be using:
>> - `ARCH=arm64` for building media libs in build.gradle file
>> - `-MACHINE:arm64` LDFLAGS in media make files
>> - `msvc_build/aarch64/aarch64_include` header files for include, `src/aarch64/win64_armasm.S` for ASM_SOURCES, `armasm64.exe` for ML in gstreamer/projects/win/glib-lite/Makefile.glib file and corresponding include in gstreamer/projects/win/glib-lite/Makefile.gobject file
>> - setting `ENABLE_SIMD_SSE2` to 0 in ColorConverter.c in the similar way how it is done for Apple Silicon port
>> 
>> In this way the media is build but it is crashed when I run a JavaFX sample with video.
>> Is it possible to send the media Windows aarch64 port to review and investigate the crash in the separate fix?
>
> Alexander Scherbatiy has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Revert back fix with CONVERTED_OS_ARCH and CONVERTED_TARGET_ARCH variables

I'll do a test in our CI.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/439