--- a/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/macroAssembler_aarch64.hpp	Thu Jun 11 00:23:01 2015 +0200
+++ b/hotspot/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/macroAssembler_aarch64.hpp	Thu Jun 11 00:51:11 2015 +0200
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
   friend class LIR_Assembler;
 
   using Assembler::mov;
+  using Assembler::movi;
 
  protected:
 
@@ -464,6 +465,45 @@
 
   void movptr(Register r, uintptr_t imm64);
 
+  // Macro to mov replicated immediate to vector register.
+  // Where imm32 == hex abcdefgh, Vd will get the following values
+  // for different arrangements in T
+  //   T8B:  Vd = ghghghghghghghgh
+  //   T16B: Vd = ghghghghghghghghghghghghghghghgh
+  //   T4H:  Vd = efghefghefghefgh
+  //   T8H:  Vd = efghefghefghefghefghefghefghefgh
+  //   T2S:  Vd = abcdefghabcdefgh
+  //   T4S:  Vd = abcdefghabcdefghabcdefghabcdefgh
+  //   T1D/T2D: invalid
+  void mov(FloatRegister Vd, SIMD_Arrangement T, u_int32_t imm32) {
+    assert(T != T1D && T != T2D, "invalid arrangement");
+    u_int32_t nimm32 = ~imm32;
+    if (T == T8B || T == T16B) { imm32 &= 0xff; nimm32 &= 0xff; }
+    if (T == T4H || T == T8H) { imm32 &= 0xffff; nimm32 &= 0xffff; }
+    u_int32_t x = imm32;
+    int movi_cnt = 0;
+    int movn_cnt = 0;
+    while (x) { if (x & 0xff) movi_cnt++; x >>= 8; }
+    x = nimm32;
+    while (x) { if (x & 0xff) movn_cnt++; x >>= 8; }
+    if (movn_cnt < movi_cnt) imm32 = nimm32;
+    unsigned lsl = 0;
+    while (imm32 && (imm32 & 0xff) == 0) { lsl += 8; imm32 >>= 8; }
+    if (movn_cnt < movi_cnt)
+      mvni(Vd, T, imm32 & 0xff, lsl);
+    else
+      movi(Vd, T, imm32 & 0xff, lsl);
+    imm32 >>= 8; lsl += 8;
+    while (imm32) {
+      while ((imm32 & 0xff) == 0) { lsl += 8; imm32 >>= 8; }
+      if (movn_cnt < movi_cnt)
+        bici(Vd, T, imm32 & 0xff, lsl);
+      else
+        orri(Vd, T, imm32 & 0xff, lsl);
+      lsl += 8; imm32 >>= 8;
+    }
+  }
+
   // macro instructions for accessing and updating floating point
   // status register
   //