JEP 340: One AArch64 Port, Not Two (original) (raw)

Owner Bob Vandette
Type Feature
Scope JDK
Status Closed / Delivered
Release 12
Component hotspot / runtime
Discussion hotspot dash dev at openjdk dot java dot net
Effort S
Duration S
Reviewed by Karen Kinnear, Vladimir Kozlov
Endorsed by Vladimir Kozlov
Created 2018/08/07 18:58
Updated 2024/09/25 17:20
Issue 8209093

Summary

Remove all of the sources related to the arm64 port while retaining the 32-bit ARM port and the 64-bit aarch64 port.

Motivation

Removing this port will allow all contributors to focus their efforts on a single 64-bit ARM implementation, and eliminate the duplicate work required to maintain two ports.

Description

Two 64-bit ARM ports exist in the JDK. The main sources for these are in the src/hotspot/cpu/arm and open/src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64 directories. Although both ports produce aarch64 implementations, for the sake of this JEP we shall refer to the former, which was contributed by Oracle, as arm64, and the latter as aarch64.

Here are the tasks that will be completed as part of this JEP: