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

Krzysztof Parzyszek via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Fri Oct 21 10:14:09 PDT 2016

I too prefer the sane syntax. Even the IBM compiler would print R's in the .s files (it generated a bunch of defines at the beginning "def R0 = 0", etc.).

-Krzysztof

On 10/21/2016 12:03 PM, Eric Christopher via llvm-dev wrote: > I'm a fan. I find the current syntax to be... difficult :) >> -eric >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 9:53 AM Hal Finkel via llvm-dev > <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org <mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>> wrote: >> Hi James, >> I agree, we should keep a mode that prints register names (instead > of just the numbers). I lean toward having a verbose mode that is > compatible with the GNU assembler, which means %r1 instead of just > r1. gas will also accept that syntax, so it seems more useful than > the Darwin syntax on current systems. What do you think? >> -Hal >> ----- Original Message ----- > _> From: "James Y Knight" <jyknight at google.com_ > <mailto:jyknight at google.com>> > > To: "Hal Finkel" <hfinkel at anl.gov <mailto:hfinkel at anl.gov>> > _> Cc: "llvm-dev" <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org_ > <mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>>, "Ehsan A Amiri" > <amehsan at ca.ibm.com <mailto:amehsan at ca.ibm.com>>, "Iain Sandoe" > <iain at codesourcery.com <mailto:iain at codesourcery.com>> > > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 10:37:44 AM > > Subject: Re: [llvm-dev] [RFC] Removing PowerPC/Darwin Support? > > > > > > 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 <mailto: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 > _> ________________________ > > LLVM Developers mailing list > > llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org <mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> > > http://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/llvm-dev > > > > >> -- > Hal Finkel > Lead, Compiler Technology and Programming Languages > Leadership Computing Facility > Argonne National Laboratory > _________________________ > LLVM Developers mailing list > llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org <mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> > http://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/llvm-dev >>>> _________________________ > LLVM Developers mailing list > llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org > http://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/llvm-dev >

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