[llvm-dev] RFC: Removal of Nios2 backend

[Hans Wennborg via llvm-dev]

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:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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:
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>>>> 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
>>>>
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