On 29/11/2012 04:01, Kelly O'Hair wrote:
On Nov 28, 2012, at 12:27 PM, Alan Bateman wrote:
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I don't know about that, but the "overlay-images" will create the 64-bit
overlay that we are used to. Personally I think we should get rid of the overlay have
have separate 32-bit and 64-bit images like the other platforms.
My tendency is to go this route too. Or do the extra credit and just build a
merged 32+64 image by default.
One of the reasons 32 and 64 builds were separate for Solaris was the fact that
we had to build x86 on Solaris 8
but x64 on Solaris 10, way back in jdk5 and jdk6. I know it adds to the
Solaris build time, but my tendency now
is to declare that all Solaris builds contain both 32 and 64 binaries, and pay
the price in build time.
Someday, we can abandon the 32bit version completely, on all the platforms, I
can dream. ;^)
I assume 32-bits will go away eventually too.
My concern about the overlay image is that it's not clear how it will
work with modules, particularly with platform specific modules as it
means the system system library has to accommodate both architectures or
we have to have two system module libraries, which would be a pain. In
the Jigsaw build we have separate images for 32-bit and 64-bit, just
like the other platforms.
So if you also have a tendency to go down this route too then how do we
make it happen?
-Alan
