[llvm-dev] Deprecating the experimental microMIPS64R6 backend

[David Chisnall via llvm-dev]

On 13 Jul 2017, at 11:14, Simon Dardis via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> I plan to deprecate the experimental microMIPS64R6 backend for the 5.0 release
> and remove it after the release.
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> Currently there are no CPUs that use that particular sub-ISA which makes it difficult
> to justify the maintenance and parallel development effort.
> 
> If there was a CPU design produced that did use microMIPS64R6, the backend could
> be restored from the archive.
> 
> Any comments or objections?

Are there any microMIPS or MIPS16 CPUs in the wild?  There is a lot of complexity in the MIPS back end to handle these, but I’ve never seen one (and support for the far more common MIPS IV CPUs has suffered as a result of the back end focusing on these variants).

David