[HARMONY-4618] [drlvm][jedit] DRLVM doesn't support -ms and -mx options

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: App-Oriented Bug Reports, DRLVM
• Assignee: Gregory Shimansky
• Reporter: Vasily Zakharov
• Created: 10/Aug/07 16:40
• Updated: 20/Aug/07 15:42
• Resolved: 14/Aug/07 16:08

Description

RI supports options -ms (equivalent to -Xms) and -mx (equivalent to -Xmx) though they're not documented or listed in help.

However these options are used by some applications, for example by jEdit launcher script for Linux.

DRLVM doesn't support these options, and because of this jEdit launcher doesn't work:

$ jedit
Unknown option -mx32m
Use java -help to get help on command line options

This problem is easily workarounded, as jEdit launcher is very simple and its jar can be easily launched manually, however this situation may confuse users.

As a compact reproducer, the trivial test may be used:

public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args)

{ System.out.println("SUCCESS"); }

}

$ java -ms16M -mx32M Test

Output on RI:

SUCCESS

Output on DRLVM:

Unknown option -ms16M
Use java -help to get help on command line options

Issue Links

• relates to: HARMONY-4619 [ibm vme][jedit] IBM VME doesn't support -ms and -mx options