[LLVMdev] LLVM version with working Alpha backend

[Giang Hoang]

Thank you Chad.  Trying iteratively is exactly what I am doing, but it will
take some time.  I just wanted to see if anyone knows, then that would save
me some time.

Giang

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Chad Rosier <mcrosier at apple.com> wrote:

> Hi Giang,
> Given that the community deprecated the Alpha backend, I'm doubtful anyone
> would be able to point you in the right direction.  Have you iteratively
> tried the difference versions of LLVM (i.e., 2.9, 2.8, 2.7 on down the
> line)?
>
>  Chad
>
> On Feb 3, 2012, at 12:34 PM, Giang Hoang <ghoang84 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > For my work, I want to use LLVM to compile SPEC 2k for Alpha.  Since
> Alpha support has been dropped,  I tried using version 2.8, but it is quite
> buggy, probably because the Alpha backend has not been maintained.  I was
> wondering if there is an earlier version where the Alpha backend is stable
> enough to compile SPEC 2k?  For my purpose, I do not need the most advanced
> optimizations, so an earlier version with stable and reasonably optimized
> Alpha backend will do.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Giang Hoang
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