diff -r 2ef3386478e6 -r 436b4a3231bf src/share/vm/opto/connode.cpp
--- a/src/share/vm/opto/connode.cpp	Mon Oct 10 21:01:36 2011 -0400
+++ b/src/share/vm/opto/connode.cpp	Thu Oct 13 09:35:42 2011 -0700
@@ -721,12 +721,7 @@
   if( t == Type::TOP ) return Type::TOP;
   if( t == Type::FLOAT ) return Type::DOUBLE;
   const TypeF *tf = t->is_float_constant();
-#ifndef IA64
   return TypeD::make( (double)tf->getf() );
-#else
-  float x = tf->getf();
-  return TypeD::make( (x == 0.0f) ? (double)x : (double)x + ia64_double_zero );
-#endif
 }
 
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