diff -r d68bb6ceb0d7 -r 63492afc6a27 hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Tue Dec 27 12:38:49 2011 -0800
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Thu Dec 29 11:37:50 2011 -0800
@@ -527,6 +527,9 @@
   product(intx, UseSSE, 99,                                                 \
           "Highest supported SSE instructions set on x86/x64")              \
                                                                             \
+  product(intx, UseAVX, 99,                                                 \
+          "Highest supported AVX instructions set on x86/x64")              \
+                                                                            \
   product(intx, UseVIS, 99,                                                 \
           "Highest supported VIS instructions set on Sparc")                \
                                                                             \