--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Tue Jul 12 16:32:25 2011 -0700
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Wed Jul 13 10:48:42 2011 -0700
@@ -501,6 +501,9 @@
   product(intx, UseSSE, 99,                                                 \
           "Highest supported SSE instructions set on x86/x64")              \
                                                                             \
+  product(intx, UseVIS, 99,                                                 \
+          "Highest supported VIS instructions set on Sparc")                \
+                                                                            \
   product(uintx, LargePageSizeInBytes, 0,                                   \
           "Large page size (0 to let VM choose the page size")              \
                                                                             \