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IdealGraphVisualizer: Enhance text view so it can display arbitrary properties from the active graph's group. For diff graphs, it shows the textual difference between the property strings using the NetBeans Diff module.
author Peter Hofer <peter.hofer@jku.at>
date Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:33:35 +0200
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For creating a Graal VM JDK, the file jre\lib\jvm.cfg has to be modified such that it includes the line:
-client KNOWN

Before running the Graal VM, the following environment variables are needed:
- MAXINE: Pointing to a Maxine VM repository with compiled Java files.
- GRAAL: Pointing to a Graal VM repository with compiled Java files.

In particular, the VM will look for the compiled Java files in the following directories:
${MAXINE}/com.oracle.max.cri/bin
${MAXINE}/com.oracle.max.base/bin
${MAXINE}/com.oracle.max.asmdis/bin
${MAXINE}/com.oracle.max.asm/bin
${MAXINE}/com.oracle.max.graal.graph/bin
${GRAAL}/graal/com.oracle.max.graal.compiler/bin
${GRAAL}/graal/com.oracle.max.graal.runtime/bin
${GRAAL}/graal/com.oracle.max.graal.graphviz/bin

For starting the Graal VM, the two flags "-client -graal" have to be specified. Additional flags that might be useful:
-G:Plot Sends the graphs of compiled methods via network stream to the IdealGraphVisualizer (NetBeans project at ${GRAAL}/src/share/tools/IdealGraphVisualizer that can be built and run with NetBeans 7.0, use "Graal Coloring" and "Graal Edge Coloring" filters)
-G:Time Prints timings for the different compilation phases
-G:Meter Prints metrics for the different compilation phases

The usual HotSpot flags -Xcomp -XX:CompileOnly= -XX:CompileCommand= or -XX:+PrintCompilation can be used to control the compiled methods.