--- a/common/autoconf/boot-jdk.m4	Fri Feb 28 13:35:32 2014 +0100
+++ b/common/autoconf/boot-jdk.m4	Mon Mar 03 09:21:42 2014 -0800
@@ -341,39 +341,45 @@
 [
   ##############################################################################
   #
-  # Specify options for anything that is run with the Boot JDK.
+  # Specify jvm options for anything that is run with the Boot JDK.
+  # Not all JVM:s accept the same arguments on the command line.
   #
   AC_ARG_WITH(boot-jdk-jvmargs, [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-boot-jdk-jvmargs],
-  [specify JVM arguments to be passed to all invocations of the Boot JDK, overriding the default values,
+  [specify JVM arguments to be passed to all java invocations of boot JDK, overriding the default values,
   e.g --with-boot-jdk-jvmargs="-Xmx8G -enableassertions"])])
 
-  if test "x$with_boot_jdk_jvmargs" = x; then
-    # Not all JVM:s accept the same arguments on the command line.
-    # OpenJDK specific increase in thread stack for JDK build,
-    # well more specifically, when running javac.
-    if test "x$BUILD_NUM_BITS" = x32; then
-      STACK_SIZE=768
-    else
-      # Running Javac on a JVM on a 64-bit machine, the stack takes more space
-      # since 64-bit pointers are pushed on the stach. Apparently, we need
-      # to increase the stack space when javacing the JDK....
-      STACK_SIZE=1536
-    fi
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([flags for boot jdk java command] )
+
+  # Starting amount of heap memory.
+  ADD_JVM_ARG_IF_OK([-Xms64M],boot_jdk_jvmargs,[$JAVA])
 
-    # Minimum amount of heap memory.
-    ADD_JVM_ARG_IF_OK([-Xms64M],boot_jdk_jvmargs,[$JAVA])
-    if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = "xmacosx" || test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU" = "xppc64" ; then
-      # Why does macosx need more heap? Its the huge JDK batch.
-      ADD_JVM_ARG_IF_OK([-Xmx1600M],boot_jdk_jvmargs,[$JAVA])
-    else
-      ADD_JVM_ARG_IF_OK([-Xmx1100M],boot_jdk_jvmargs,[$JAVA])
-    fi
-    # When is adding -client something that speeds up the JVM?
-    # ADD_JVM_ARG_IF_OK([-client],boot_jdk_jvmargs,[$JAVA])
-    ADD_JVM_ARG_IF_OK([-XX:ThreadStackSize=$STACK_SIZE],boot_jdk_jvmargs,[$JAVA])
-    # Disable special log output when a debug build is used as Boot JDK...
-    ADD_JVM_ARG_IF_OK([-XX:-PrintVMOptions -XX:-UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:-LogVMOutput],boot_jdk_jvmargs,[$JAVA])
+  # Maximum amount of heap memory.
+  # Maximum stack size.
+  if test "x$BUILD_NUM_BITS" = x32; then
+    JVM_MAX_HEAP=1100M
+    STACK_SIZE=768
+  else
+    # Running Javac on a JVM on a 64-bit machine, takes more space since 64-bit
+    # pointers are used. Apparently, we need to increase the heap and stack
+    # space for the jvm. More specifically, when running javac to build huge
+    # jdk batch
+    JVM_MAX_HEAP=1600M
+    STACK_SIZE=1536
   fi
+  ADD_JVM_ARG_IF_OK([-Xmx$JVM_MAX_HEAP],boot_jdk_jvmargs,[$JAVA])
+  ADD_JVM_ARG_IF_OK([-XX:ThreadStackSize=$STACK_SIZE],boot_jdk_jvmargs,[$JAVA])
+
+  # Disable special log output when a debug build is used as Boot JDK...
+  ADD_JVM_ARG_IF_OK([-XX:-PrintVMOptions -XX:-UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:-LogVMOutput],boot_jdk_jvmargs,[$JAVA])
+
+  # Apply user provided options.
+  ADD_JVM_ARG_IF_OK([$with_boot_jdk_jvmargs],boot_jdk_jvmargs,[$JAVA])
+
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$boot_jdk_jvmargs])
+
+  # For now, general JAVA_FLAGS are the same as the boot jdk jvmargs
+  JAVA_FLAGS=$boot_jdk_jvmargs
 
   AC_SUBST(BOOT_JDK_JVMARGS, $boot_jdk_jvmargs)
+  AC_SUBST(JAVA_FLAGS, $JAVA_FLAGS)
 ])

--- a/common/autoconf/configure.ac	Fri Feb 28 13:35:32 2014 +0100
+++ b/common/autoconf/configure.ac	Mon Mar 03 09:21:42 2014 -0800
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT(OpenJDK, jdk8, build-dev@openjdk.java.net,,http://openjdk.java.net)
+AC_INIT(OpenJDK, jdk9, build-dev@openjdk.java.net,,http://openjdk.java.net)
 
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([$TOPDIR/common/autoconf/build-aux])
 m4_include([build-aux/pkg.m4])

--- a/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh	Fri Feb 28 13:35:32 2014 +0100
+++ b/common/autoconf/generated-configure.sh	Mon Mar 03 09:21:42 2014 -0800
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for OpenJDK jdk8.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for OpenJDK jdk9.
 #
 # Report bugs to <build-dev@openjdk.java.net>.
 #
@@ -586,8 +586,8 @@
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='OpenJDK'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='openjdk'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='jdk8'
-PACKAGE_STRING='OpenJDK jdk8'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='jdk9'
+PACKAGE_STRING='OpenJDK jdk9'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='build-dev@openjdk.java.net'
 PACKAGE_URL='http://openjdk.java.net'
 
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@
 JAXP_TOPDIR
 CORBA_TOPDIR
 LANGTOOLS_TOPDIR
+JAVA_FLAGS
 BOOT_JDK_JVMARGS
 JAVAC_FLAGS
 BOOT_JDK_SOURCETARGET
@@ -1725,7 +1726,7 @@
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures OpenJDK jdk8 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures OpenJDK jdk9 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1795,7 +1796,7 @@
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of OpenJDK jdk8:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of OpenJDK jdk9:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1871,8 +1872,8 @@
                           number is not set.[username_builddateb00]
   --with-build-number     Set build number value for build [b00]
   --with-boot-jdk         path to Boot JDK (used to bootstrap build) [probed]
-  --with-boot-jdk-jvmargs specify JVM arguments to be passed to all
-                          invocations of the Boot JDK, overriding the default
+  --with-boot-jdk-jvmargs specify JVM arguments to be passed to all java
+                          invocations of boot JDK, overriding the default
                           values, e.g --with-boot-jdk-jvmargs="-Xmx8G
                           -enableassertions"
   --with-add-source-root  for each and every source directory, look in this
@@ -2116,7 +2117,7 @@
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-OpenJDK configure jdk8
+OpenJDK configure jdk9
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2812,7 +2813,7 @@
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by OpenJDK $as_me jdk8, which was
+It was created by OpenJDK $as_me jdk9, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
@@ -4220,7 +4221,7 @@
 #CUSTOM_AUTOCONF_INCLUDE
 
 # Do not change or remove the following line, it is needed for consistency checks:
-DATE_WHEN_GENERATED=1393490405
+DATE_WHEN_GENERATED=1393867368
 
 ###############################################################################
 #
@@ -25842,7 +25843,8 @@
 
   ##############################################################################
   #
-  # Specify options for anything that is run with the Boot JDK.
+  # Specify jvm options for anything that is run with the Boot JDK.
+  # Not all JVM:s accept the same arguments on the command line.
   #
 
 # Check whether --with-boot-jdk-jvmargs was given.
@@ -25851,20 +25853,10 @@
 fi
 
 
-  if test "x$with_boot_jdk_jvmargs" = x; then
-    # Not all JVM:s accept the same arguments on the command line.
-    # OpenJDK specific increase in thread stack for JDK build,
-    # well more specifically, when running javac.
-    if test "x$BUILD_NUM_BITS" = x32; then
-      STACK_SIZE=768
-    else
-      # Running Javac on a JVM on a 64-bit machine, the stack takes more space
-      # since 64-bit pointers are pushed on the stach. Apparently, we need
-      # to increase the stack space when javacing the JDK....
-      STACK_SIZE=1536
-    fi
-
-    # Minimum amount of heap memory.
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking flags for boot jdk java command " >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking flags for boot jdk java command ... " >&6; }
+
+  # Starting amount of heap memory.
 
   $ECHO "Check if jvm arg is ok: -Xms64M" >&5
   $ECHO "Command: $JAVA -Xms64M -version" >&5
@@ -25880,16 +25872,28 @@
     JVM_ARG_OK=false
   fi
 
-    if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = "xmacosx" || test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU" = "xppc64" ; then
-      # Why does macosx need more heap? Its the huge JDK batch.
-
-  $ECHO "Check if jvm arg is ok: -Xmx1600M" >&5
-  $ECHO "Command: $JAVA -Xmx1600M -version" >&5
-  OUTPUT=`$JAVA -Xmx1600M -version 2>&1`
+
+  # Maximum amount of heap memory.
+  # Maximum stack size.
+  if test "x$BUILD_NUM_BITS" = x32; then
+    JVM_MAX_HEAP=1100M
+    STACK_SIZE=768
+  else
+    # Running Javac on a JVM on a 64-bit machine, takes more space since 64-bit
+    # pointers are used. Apparently, we need to increase the heap and stack
+    # space for the jvm. More specifically, when running javac to build huge
+    # jdk batch
+    JVM_MAX_HEAP=1600M
+    STACK_SIZE=1536
+  fi
+
+  $ECHO "Check if jvm arg is ok: -Xmx$JVM_MAX_HEAP" >&5
+  $ECHO "Command: $JAVA -Xmx$JVM_MAX_HEAP -version" >&5
+  OUTPUT=`$JAVA -Xmx$JVM_MAX_HEAP -version 2>&1`
   FOUND_WARN=`$ECHO "$OUTPUT" | grep -i warn`
   FOUND_VERSION=`$ECHO $OUTPUT | grep " version \""`
   if test "x$FOUND_VERSION" != x && test "x$FOUND_WARN" = x; then
-    boot_jdk_jvmargs="$boot_jdk_jvmargs -Xmx1600M"
+    boot_jdk_jvmargs="$boot_jdk_jvmargs -Xmx$JVM_MAX_HEAP"
     JVM_ARG_OK=true
   else
     $ECHO "Arg failed:" >&5
@@ -25897,25 +25901,6 @@
     JVM_ARG_OK=false
   fi
 
-    else
-
-  $ECHO "Check if jvm arg is ok: -Xmx1100M" >&5
-  $ECHO "Command: $JAVA -Xmx1100M -version" >&5
-  OUTPUT=`$JAVA -Xmx1100M -version 2>&1`
-  FOUND_WARN=`$ECHO "$OUTPUT" | grep -i warn`
-  FOUND_VERSION=`$ECHO $OUTPUT | grep " version \""`
-  if test "x$FOUND_VERSION" != x && test "x$FOUND_WARN" = x; then
-    boot_jdk_jvmargs="$boot_jdk_jvmargs -Xmx1100M"
-    JVM_ARG_OK=true
-  else
-    $ECHO "Arg failed:" >&5
-    $ECHO "$OUTPUT" >&5
-    JVM_ARG_OK=false
-  fi
-
-    fi
-    # When is adding -client something that speeds up the JVM?
-    # ADD_JVM_ARG_IF_OK([-client],boot_jdk_jvmargs,[$JAVA])
 
   $ECHO "Check if jvm arg is ok: -XX:ThreadStackSize=$STACK_SIZE" >&5
   $ECHO "Command: $JAVA -XX:ThreadStackSize=$STACK_SIZE -version" >&5
@@ -25931,7 +25916,8 @@
     JVM_ARG_OK=false
   fi
 
-    # Disable special log output when a debug build is used as Boot JDK...
+
+  # Disable special log output when a debug build is used as Boot JDK...
 
   $ECHO "Check if jvm arg is ok: -XX:-PrintVMOptions -XX:-UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:-LogVMOutput" >&5
   $ECHO "Command: $JAVA -XX:-PrintVMOptions -XX:-UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions -XX:-LogVMOutput -version" >&5
@@ -25947,10 +25933,34 @@
     JVM_ARG_OK=false
   fi
 
-  fi
+
+  # Apply user provided options.
+
+  $ECHO "Check if jvm arg is ok: $with_boot_jdk_jvmargs" >&5
+  $ECHO "Command: $JAVA $with_boot_jdk_jvmargs -version" >&5
+  OUTPUT=`$JAVA $with_boot_jdk_jvmargs -version 2>&1`
+  FOUND_WARN=`$ECHO "$OUTPUT" | grep -i warn`
+  FOUND_VERSION=`$ECHO $OUTPUT | grep " version \""`
+  if test "x$FOUND_VERSION" != x && test "x$FOUND_WARN" = x; then
+    boot_jdk_jvmargs="$boot_jdk_jvmargs $with_boot_jdk_jvmargs"
+    JVM_ARG_OK=true
+  else
+    $ECHO "Arg failed:" >&5
+    $ECHO "$OUTPUT" >&5
+    JVM_ARG_OK=false
+  fi
+
+
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $boot_jdk_jvmargs" >&5
+$as_echo "$boot_jdk_jvmargs" >&6; }
+
+  # For now, general JAVA_FLAGS are the same as the boot jdk jvmargs
+  JAVA_FLAGS=$boot_jdk_jvmargs
 
   BOOT_JDK_JVMARGS=$boot_jdk_jvmargs
 
+  JAVA_FLAGS=$JAVA_FLAGS
+
 
 
 ###############################################################################
@@ -49138,7 +49148,7 @@
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by OpenJDK $as_me jdk8, which was
+This file was extended by OpenJDK $as_me jdk9, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -49201,7 +49211,7 @@
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-OpenJDK config.status jdk8
+OpenJDK config.status jdk9
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 

--- a/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in	Fri Feb 28 13:35:32 2014 +0100
+++ b/common/autoconf/spec.gmk.in	Mon Mar 03 09:21:42 2014 -0800
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
 POST_STRIP_CMD:=@POST_STRIP_CMD@
 POST_MCS_CMD:=@POST_MCS_CMD@
 
-JAVA_FLAGS:=@BOOT_JDK_JVMARGS@
+JAVA_FLAGS:=@JAVA_FLAGS@
 
 JAVA=@FIXPATH@ @JAVA@ $(JAVA_FLAGS)