On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 16:14:12 GMT, Joachim Kern <jk...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> As of [JDK-8325880](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8325880), building >> the JDK requires version 17 of IBM Open XL C/C++ (xlc). This is in effect >> clang by another name, and it uses the clang toolchain in the JDK build. >> Thus the old xlc toolchain was removed by >> [JDK-8327701](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8327701). >> Now we also switch the HOTSPOT_TOOLCHAIN_TYPE from xlc to gcc, removing the >> last xlc rudiment. >> This means merging the AIX specific content of >> utilities/globalDefinitions_xlc.hpp and utilities/compilerWarnings_xlc.hpp >> into the corresponding gcc files on the on side and removing the >> defined(TARGET_COMPILER_xlc) blocks in the code, because the >> defined(TARGET_COMPILER_gcc) blocks work out of the box for the new AIX >> compiler. >> The rest of the changes are needed because of using >> utilities/compilerWarnings_gcc.hpp the compiler is much more nagging about >> ill formatted printf > > Joachim Kern has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional > commit since the last revision: > > version check not needed anymore The build change look trivially fine. And allow me to show my appreciation for the hotspot code cleanup! (But note that this is not a review of that part). ------------- PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18536#pullrequestreview-1976222691
