[llvm-dev] RFC: Removal of Nios2 backend (original) (raw)

Hans Wennborg via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Mon Feb 18 01:36:16 PST 2019

Hi Craig,

Do you want to write a note about this for the 8.0.x release notes?

Thanks, Hans

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 9:04 PM Craig Topper <craig.topper at gmail.com> wrote:

Patches have been committed. r351230(clang) and r351231(llvm) ~Craig

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 2:13 AM Hans Wennborg <hans at chromium.org> wrote:

I don't really have a preference for doing it before or after the release branch. If the patches are ready, landing them sounds good to me. On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 3:04 AM Chandler Carruth <chandlerc at gmail.com> wrote: > > +Hans Wennborg +tstellar at redhat.com for release thoughts.... > > On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 6:03 PM Craig Topper <craig.topper at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> As far as I could tell, the only non-Intel contributions were from mechanical API updates or fixing include paths when files moved to other libraries for layering. >> >> I'm happy to do it on whatever side of the branch people prefer. >> >> ~Craig >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 5:36 PM Chandler Carruth <chandlerc at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> FWIW, I support this especially as it doesn't build. >>> >>> If someone wants to revive it, removing it won't actually make that much harder (if at all) given that they'd need to clean up the build as well. >>> >>> Are there any other (non-Intel) devs who contributed significantly or might have specific opinions about this? >>> >>> Does it make more sense to this before or after the branch? >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 5:25 PM Craig Topper via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> Patches up >>>> >>>> Clang: https://reviews.llvm.org/D56690 >>>> LLVM: https://reviews.llvm.org/D56691 >>>> >>>> ~Craig >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 3:51 PM Craig Topper <craig.topper at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> We (Intel) would like to propose removal of the Nios2 backend from the repository. >>>>> >>>>> It is currently considered an experimental target. The implementation is not complete and months went by without anyone noticing it doesn't build. See https://reviews.llvm.org/D56178 >>>>> >>>>> Due to internal priority changes, it doesn't look like it will become more maintained in the near future. So I would like to propose removing it from the repository. >>>>> >>>>> I will put together a patch for review shortly. >>>>> >>>>> ~Craig >>>> _>>>> ________________________ >>>> LLVM Developers mailing list >>>> llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org >>>> http://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/llvm-dev

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