Summary: sparc code for gen_subtype_check was doing an ld for a compressed oop with the sign bit set so not comparing, leading to a ClassCastException.
Reviewed-by: phh, never, acorn, kvn, xlu

Summary: Update copyright year for files that have been modified in 2008
Reviewed-by: ohair, tbell

Summary: Compressed oops in instances, arrays, and headers. Code contributors are coleenp, phh, never, swamyv
Reviewed-by: jmasa, kamg, acorn, tbell, kvn, rasbold