--- old/src/cpu/sparc/vm/vm_version_sparc.hpp	Mon Feb 22 14:30:53 2016
+++ new/src/cpu/sparc/vm/vm_version_sparc.hpp	Mon Feb 22 14:30:51 2016
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@
   // Initialization
   static void initialize();
 
+  static void init_before_ergo()        { _features = determine_features(); }
+
   // Instruction support
   static bool has_v8()                  { return (_features & v8_instructions_m) != 0; }
   static bool has_v9()                  { return (_features & v9_instructions_m) != 0; }