[llvm-dev] [RFC] Removing PowerPC/Darwin Support? (original) (raw)

James Y Knight via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Fri Oct 21 08:37:44 PDT 2016

The only part I'd like to see NOT removed is the darwin PPC asm format. Not because I care about ppc/darwin, but because that format is like 1000x easier to read -- especially for those of us who aren't PPC experts -- than the insane standard PPC assembly format. :)

On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 7:57 PM, Hal Finkel via llvm-dev < llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I don't believe that anyone is currently using (a recent) LLVM on PowerPC/Darwin. As far as I know, Apple stopped supporting PowerPC hardware years ago. There is a significant amount of code in the PowerPC backend dedicated to Darwin support and removing it would make maintaining the rest of the backend easier. If anyone expects upcoming LLVM releases to continue to support PowerPC/Darwin, please speak up. Thanks again, Hal -- Hal Finkel Lead, Compiler Technology and Programming Languages Leadership Computing Facility Argonne National Laboratory

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