RFR: 8265469: Allow to build media and webkit for Linux-AArch64 [v2]

[Kevin Rushforth]

On Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:47:49 GMT, Johan Vos <jvos at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> build.gradle line 2865:
>> 
>>> 2863:                          "OUTPUT_DIR=${nativeOutputDir}", "BUILD_TYPE=${buildType}", "BASE_NAME=jfxmedia",
>>> 2864:                          "COMPILE_PARFAIT=${compileParfait}",
>>> 2865:                          IS_64 ? IS_AARCH64 ? "ARCH=aarch64" : "ARCH=x64" : "ARCH=x32",
>> 
>> Does `ARCH=aarch64` get handled correctly on Mac and Windows?
>
> We don't have media/web on Windows-aarch64 yet.
> On mac, it is handled differently: if a TARGET_ARCH is specified, the mac.gradle will add -target TARGET_ARCH-apple-macos-11 to the CC parameter which is passed from build.gradle to the media build scripts.
> 
> I realise we are not consequent here: we specify the ARCH to the makefile, but we also provide the CC and LINKER properties which can contain the architecture as well.

OK, we can do any cleanup in the follow-on issue you plan to file to make our handling of aarch64 more consistent.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/467