diff -r b16582d6c7db -r faa472957b38 src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Thu Jul 07 10:51:07 2011 -0700
+++ b/src/share/vm/runtime/globals.hpp	Fri Jul 08 09:38:48 2011 -0700
@@ -492,6 +492,9 @@
   product(intx, UseSSE, 99,                                                 \
           "Highest supported SSE instructions set on x86/x64")              \
                                                                             \
+  product(intx, UseVIS, 99,                                                 \
+          "Highest supported VIS instructions set on Sparc")                \
+                                                                            \
   product(uintx, LargePageSizeInBytes, 0,                                   \
           "Large page size (0 to let VM choose the page size")              \
                                                                             \