Re: obtaining hsdis for linux

[Dennis Byrne <dennisbyrne@apache.org>]

Thank you very much John.  I'll move this to the other list.  Although
I do not know what you mean by "try omitting it and just including the
PrintAssembly".  If I omit -XX:+PrintAssembly nothing prints (as
expected).  How would I then include the PrintAssembly?

Dennis Byrne

On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:04 PM, John Rose <John.Rose@sun.com> wrote:
> On Nov 16, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Dennis Byrne wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your response John.  I've managed to build hsdis but I am
>> having trouble using it.  Can you please tell me who in Sun (or which
>> mailing list) can answer just a few questions?  I know you are busy
>> but please understand that it is very difficult to get any of this
>> working when you are on the outside (I appreciate your previous
>> response very much).  I am currently stuck at line 83 of the README
>> file [1].  I am trying to test my install of the plug in like this ...
>
> Congratulations!  You've got the hsdis build working just fine now.
>
> Your problems are due to bad options to the JVM.  The CompileCommand, like 
> most of the other options, takes -XX: prefix.  Also, PrintAssembly makes 
> all assembly print out; try omitting it and just including the 
> PrintAssembly.
>
> I would air questions like this on hotspot-dev, since they are about use of 
> the JVM.  Also, please consider contributing to the wiki, fixing errors or 
> incomplete explanations that caused you problems, and/or adding useful 
> hints for the next person.
>
> The wiki page is:  
> http://wikis.sun.com/display/HotSpotInternals/PrintAssembly
>
> -- John
>



-- 
Dennis Byrne