[LLVMdev] PROPOSAL: Rename Target R600 -> AMDGPU

[Renato Golin]

Hi Tom,

Though I can't comment on the validity of renaming it, if the back end
supports more than just R600, I agree it's misleading.

On 28 July 2014 16:49, Tom Stellard <tom at stellard.net> wrote:
> If I were to rename the backend, I would keep the name R600 around in the
> autoconf and CMake build systems for at least one release for compatibility, and
> I would also add a new triple: amdgpu.

Renaming back-ends have happened before, on a much more complex way,
and it should be reasonably straightforward to do it again.

However, I would ask for it to be done after the release 3.5.0 is out,
or backporting bugs in that back-end (or generic parts that use the
naming) would be a pain.

cheers,
--renato