It could be duplicate of 6589186 but the failure is different.
64-bits VM sparcv9 start failing after John's putback
20070719212032.jrose.6337834

jaberwocky% gamma -Xcomp -XX:CompileThreshold=100 -Xss4m -Xverify:all -XX:+CompileTheWorld -XX:CompileTheWorldStartAt=8000 -Xbootclasspath/p:/net/vmsqe.sfbay/export/backup/testbase/CompileTheWorld/jarfiles/jck13classes.jar
...
CompileTheWorld (11068) : javasoft/sqe/tests/lang/conv080/conv08001/conv08001i
CompileTheWorld (11069) : javasoft/sqe/tests/lang/conv081/conv08101/conv08101
=== Meet Not Symmetric ===
t = javasoft/sqe/tests/lang/conv081/conv08101/SomeClass:TopPTR *[int:max..0:www]:AnyNull:exact*
this= javasoft/sqe/tests/lang/conv081/conv08101/ImmediateSubclass:TopPTR *[int:5:www]:AnyNull:exact*
mt=(t meet this)= javasoft/sqe/tests/lang/conv081/conv08101/ImmediateSubclass:TopPTR *[int:5:www]:AnyNull:exact*
t_dual= javasoft/sqe/tests/lang/conv081/conv08101/SomeClass *[int:>=0]:NotNull:exact*
this_dual= javasoft/sqe/tests/lang/conv081/conv08101/ImmediateSubclass *[int:5]:NotNull:exact*
mt_dual= javasoft/sqe/tests/lang/conv081/conv08101/ImmediateSubclass *[int:5]:NotNull:exact*
mt_dual meet t_dual= javasoft/sqe/tests/lang/conv081/conv08101/SomeClass *[int:>=0]:NotNull*
mt_dual meet this_dual= javasoft/sqe/tests/lang/conv081/conv08101/ImmediateSubclass *[int:5]:NotNull:exact*
# To suppress the following error report, specify this argument
# after -XX: or in .hotspotrc: SuppressErrorAt=/type.cpp:520
#
# An unexpected error has been detected by Java Runtime Environment:
#
# Internal Error (/net/prt-sol-sparc-3/tmp/PrtBuildDir/workspace/src/share/vm/opto/type.cpp:520), pid=838, tid=8
# Error: meet not symmetric
#
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (20070719212032.jrose.6337834-fastdebug compiled mode solaris-sparc)
# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# /tmp/kvn/ctw/hs_err_pid838.log
#
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# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
#
Current thread is 8
Dumping core ...
Abort