* David Holmes <david.hol...@oracle.com> [2012-02-29 18:29]: > Hi Deepak, > > On 1/03/2012 6:30 AM, Deepak Bhole wrote: > >* David Holmes<david.hol...@oracle.com> [2012-01-30 21:50]: > >>On 31/01/2012 12:36 PM, Deepak Bhole wrote: > >>>* David Holmes<david.hol...@oracle.com> [2012-01-30 19:57]: > >>>>While gcc compilation on sparc is rare I'm not sure that simply > >>>>deleting the sparc-only option unconditionally is the right thing to > >>>>do. > >>>> > >>> > >>>I thought about that too. But I was unable to find info on OpenJDK + > >>>SPARC + Linux. Is that combination even supported? The README doesn't > >>>list it: > >>>http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/raw-file/tip/README-builds.html#MBE > >> > >>Linux-sparc is not one of Oracle's supported OpenJDK platforms. > >>However AFAIK there are people in the community building OpenJDK on > >>Linux-sparc using the Zero interpreter. I don't know if this would > >>affect them but it still seems to me that we should be careful not > >>to break other people's builds. > >> > > > >With FOSDEM and subsequent security errata, this got pushed to side. > > > >Sorry for the delay. I've created a new webrev which contains a special > >case for the Sparc family (on Linux): > > > >http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dbhole/GCC-4.7-JDK8.01/ > > Where is ARCH_FAMILY being set? >
It is set in make/common/shared/Platform.gmk Deepak > David > > > >If it is okay for push, please go ahead and push it (I don't have commit > >access). I will then propose it for 7u. > > > >Thanks, > >Deepak > > > >>David > >>----- > >> > >>>The option seemed more like a relic from Solaris + SPARC config rather > >>>than a requirement for Linux + SPARC. > >> > >> > >> > >>>Cheers, > >>>Deepak > >>> > >>>>David > >>>> > >>>>On 31/01/2012 1:20 AM, Deepak Bhole wrote: > >>>>>Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>>JDK builds currently fail with GCC 4.7 due to its stricter option > >>>>>checking. > >>>>> > >>>>>GCC 4.6 and prior ignored invalid options -- GCC 4.7 does not. Certain > >>>>>files in JDK supply the -mimpure-text option to GCC. This option is only > >>>>>valid on SPARC[1,2]. As a result, GCC 4.7 throws an error during build > >>>>>on Linux (I suppose . > >>>>> > >>>>>This patch removes the option: > >>>>>http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~dbhole/GCC-4.7-JDK8.00 > >>>>> > >>>>>1: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.3.6/gcc/SPARC-Options.html > >>>>>2: > >>>>>http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-3.3.6/gcc/i386-and-x86_002d64-Options.html > >>>>> > >>>>>If OK for push, please feel free to do so (I don't have commit access). > >>>>> > >>>>>Cheers, > >>>>>Deepak
