--- a/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/debugger/linux/LinuxThreadContextFactory.java	Fri Aug 17 16:47:04 2012 -0700
+++ b/agent/src/share/classes/sun/jvm/hotspot/debugger/linux/LinuxThreadContextFactory.java	Thu Aug 30 11:20:01 2012 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2006, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 package sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.linux;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.*;
 import sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.*;
 import sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.linux.amd64.*;
 import sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.linux.ia64.*;
@@ -41,8 +42,16 @@
          return new LinuxIA64ThreadContext(dbg);
       } else if (cpu.equals("sparc")) {
          return new LinuxSPARCThreadContext(dbg);
-      } else {
-         throw new RuntimeException("cpu " + cpu + " is not yet supported");
+      } else  {
+        try {
+          Class tcc = Class.forName("sun.jvm.hotspot.debugger.linux." +
+             cpu.toLowerCase() + ".Linux" + cpu.toUpperCase() +
+             "ThreadContext");
+          Constructor[] ctcc = tcc.getConstructors();
+          return (ThreadContext)ctcc[0].newInstance(dbg);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+          throw new RuntimeException("cpu " + cpu + " is not yet supported");
+        }
       }
    }
 }