remove SPARC V8 support

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    • Type: Enhancement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: P5
    • hs25
    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Component/s: hotspot
    • None
    • b38
    • sparc
    • generic

        It seems there is no SPARC V8 hardware used anymore and we can replace the 32-bit V8 instructions with V9 ones.

        I have sent an email to hotspot-dev asking if anyone is still using it but that doesn't seem to be the case:

        http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2013-February/008217.html
        http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2013-February/008365.html

              Assignee:
              Morris Meyer (Inactive)
              Reporter:
              Christian Thalinger (Inactive)
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