--- a/hotspot/make/windows/create.bat	Tue Mar 16 17:47:03 2010 -0600
+++ b/hotspot/make/windows/create.bat	Thu Mar 25 16:27:12 2010 -0700
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 REM Since we don't have uname and we could be cross-compiling,
 REM Use the compiler to determine which ARCH we are building
 REM 
+REM Note: Running this batch file from the Windows command shell requires
+REM that "grep" be accessible on the PATH. An MKS install does this.
+REM 
 cl 2>&1 | grep "IA-64" >NUL
 if %errorlevel% == 0 goto isia64
 cl 2>&1 | grep "AMD64" >NUL