RFR (XL): 8023034: PPC64 (part 14): Implement AIX/PPC64 support in HotSpot makefiles

[Vladimir Kozlov]

On 9/4/13 2:49 PM, Volker Simonis wrote:
> On Wednesday, September 4, 2013, Vladimir Kozlov wrote:
>
>> Volker,
>>
>> build.sh was moved into make/ directory so you don't need special
>> make/aix/build.sh
>>
>>
> Thanks for the hint. You're absolutely right. The file still contained
> references to JDK1.2_fcs as default setting for JAVA_HOME so I suppose it
> was hardly ever used during the build on AIX:)
>
> Otherwise changes looks good.
>>
>> Let me sync jdk8 into ppc64/stage before we push new changes. Hotspot was
>> updated in jdk8 already and it has 8014135 fix there. I am waiting jdk
>> merge.
>
>
> That's fine for me. I already saw today that 8014135 is coming.
>
> After the sync do you still want to push it (and part 15) yourself through
> JPRT or can I push it directly because it doesn't touch any shared code?

You can push it directly. I will do sync tomorrow.

Thanks,
Vladimir

>
> Thanks,
> Volker
>
>
>> Thanks,
>> Vladimir
>>
>> On 9/4/13 8:33 AM, Volker Simonis wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all (sorry, the first mail was only sent to ppc-aix-port-dev),
>>>
>>> this webrev contains the necessary Makefiles for building the HotSpot on
>>> AIX:
>>>
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~**simonis/webrevs/8023034/<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~simonis/webrevs/8023034/>
>>>
>>> Most of the files are based on their corresponding Linux counterparts.
>>>
>>> Notice that although this RFR is flagged 'XL', the changes to shared
>>> code are really tiny and only in make/defs.make where AIX is added to
>>> the chain of not-Windows platforms.
>>>
>>> Of course the build itself will be possible only after the next change
>>> ("8023038: PPC64 (part 15): Platform files for AIX/PPC64 support")
>>> which will finally introduce the AIX platform source files. So not
>>> much to test here - just read and enjoy:)
>>>
>>> Thank you and best regards,
>>> Volker
>>>
>>>