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changeset 4575:ccb5369481a2
Clarified mx help text on how to build/run [Graal|Client|Server].
| author | Doug Simon <doug.simon@oracle.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:27:38 +0100 |
| parents | ab4a47b6a187 |
| children | 8b53e3920a6b |
| files | mx/commands.py |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/mx/commands.py Sun Feb 12 23:37:47 2012 +0100 +++ b/mx/commands.py Mon Feb 13 10:27:38 2012 +0100 @@ -343,9 +343,12 @@ return ret def build(args): - """builds the GraalVM binary and compiles the Graal classes + """build the VM binary - The optional last argument specifies what type of VM to build.""" + The global '--vm' option selects which VM to build. This command also + compiles the Graal classes irrespective of what VM is being built. + The optional last argument specifies what build level is to be used + for the VM binary.""" # Call mx.build to compile the Java sources opts2 = mx.build(['--source', '1.7'] + args, parser=ArgumentParser(prog='mx build')) @@ -430,7 +433,7 @@ f.write(line) def vm(args, vm=None, nonZeroIsFatal=True, out=None, err=None, cwd=None, timeout=None, vmbuild=None): - """run the GraalVM""" + """run the VM selected by the '--vm' option""" if vm is None: vm = _vm @@ -686,7 +689,7 @@ sanitycheck.getSPECjvm2008(benchArgs, skipValid, wt, it).bench('graal', opts=vmArgs) def hsdis(args): - """Installs the hsdis library + """install the hsdis library This is needed to support HotSpot's assembly dumping features. By default it installs the Intel syntax version, use the 'att' argument to install AT&T syntax.""" @@ -717,7 +720,7 @@ } if (_vmSourcesAvailable): - mx.add_argument('--vm', action='store', dest='vm', default='graal', choices=['graal', 'server', 'client'], help='the VM to run (default: graal)') + mx.add_argument('--vm', action='store', dest='vm', default='graal', choices=['graal', 'server', 'client'], help='the VM to build/run (default: graal)') mx.add_argument('--product', action='store_const', dest='vmbuild', const='product', help='select the product build of the VM') mx.add_argument('--debug', action='store_const', dest='vmbuild', const='debug', help='select the debug build of the VM') mx.add_argument('--fastdebug', action='store_const', dest='vmbuild', const='fastdebug', help='select the fast debug build of the VM')