T2 sparcv9:

java -Xmx32m -XX:+AggressiveOpts -Xss4m  -XX:+CompileTheWorld -XX:CompileTheWorldStartAt=199 -Xbootclasspath/p:/net/sqenfs-1.sfbay/export1/comp/vm/testbase/CompileTheWorld/jarfiles/cjck.jar  
...

CompileTheWorld (218) : com/sun/javacard/cjck/tests/vm/instructionset/bytecode/minimal/Verify255Handlers
CompileTheWorld (219) : com/sun/javacard/cjck/tests/vm/instructionset/bytecode/minimal/Verify256Switch
# 
# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: 
# 
#  Internal Error (/tmp/jprt/P1/B/201518.never/source/src/cpu/sparc/vm/assembler_sparc.hpp:852), pid=18184, tid=93 
#  assert(nbits == 32 || -(1 << nbits-1) <= x && x < ( 1 << nbits-1)) failed: value out of range 
# 
# JRE version: 7.0 
# Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (20.0-b03-201012032015.never.7004530-fastdebug mixed mode solaris-sparc compressed oops) 
# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit: 
#   http://java.sun.com/webapps/bugreport/crash.jsp 
# 
 
---------------  T H R E A D  --------------- 
 
Current thread (0x000000010598a000):  JavaThread "C2 CompilerThread1" daemon [_thread_in_native, id=93, stack(0xffffffff64a00000,0xffffffff64b00000)] 
 
Stack: [0xffffffff64a00000,0xffffffff64b00000],  sp=0xffffffff64afb600,  free space=1005k 
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM code, C=native code) 
V  [libjvm.so+0xcd41bc] void VMError::report_and_die() + 0x734
V  [libjvm.so+0xcb4e58] void report_vm_error(const char*,int,const char*,const char*) + 0x78
V  [libjvm.so+0x3a3ec0] void Assembler::assert_signed_range(long,int) + 0x70
24456 exited.
V  [libjvm.so+0x12b519c] void jumpXtndNode::emit(CodeBuffer&,PhaseRegAlloc*)const + 0x1bc
V  [libjvm.so+0x11cebf0] void Compile::Fill_buffer() + 0xef8
V  [libjvm.so+0x1097234] void Compile::Code_Gen() + 0x868
V  [libjvm.so+0x1090068] Compile::Compile(ciEnv*,C2Compiler*,ciMethod*,int,bool,bool) + 0x10a8
V  [libjvm.so+0x104c9b8] void C2Compiler::compile_method(ciEnv*,ciMethod*,int) + 0xb0
V  [libjvm.so+0x3f9ca8] void CompileBroker::invoke_compiler_on_method(CompileTask*) + 0x1d70
V  [libjvm.so+0x3f7914] void CompileBroker::compiler_thread_loop() + 0xb24
V  [libjvm.so+0xc130d4] void JavaThread::thread_main_inner() + 0x1a4
V  [libjvm.so+0xc12f10] void JavaThread::run() + 0x248
V  [libjvm.so+0xcec8e0] java_start + 0x300
 
 
Current CompileTask: 
C2:  83782 341   b  com.sun.javacard.cjck.tests.vm.instructionset.bytecode.minimal.Verify256Switch.Check256LookupSwitch(S)S (2714 bytes) 

From debug build:

V  [libjvm.so+0x4e81d0] void Assembler::assert_signed_range(long,int) + 0xb8
V  [libjvm.so+0x4e788c] int Assembler::simm(int,int) + 0x24
V  [libjvm.so+0xb373b8] void Assembler::add(RegisterImpl*,int,RegisterImpl*,relocInfo::relocType) + 0x88
V  [libjvm.so+0x1034cf8] void jumpXtndNode::emit(CodeBuffer&,PhaseRegAlloc*)const + 0x1a0

Current function is Assembler::simm
  967       assert_signed_range(x, nbits);
[t@92 l@92]: print x
x = -11968

[t@92 l@92]: up
Current function is jumpXtndNode::emit
 9037         __ add($constanttablebase, $constantoffset, table_reg);

[t@92 l@92]: print this->constant_offset()
this->constant_offset() = -11968

[t@92 l@92]: print method()->print_codes()
0 iload_1
1 fast_binaryswitch 2712 300  0:2412, ...