[LLVMdev] PROPOSAL: Rename Target R600 -> AMDGPU

[Tom Stellard]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 05:03:49PM +0100, Renato Golin wrote:
> 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.
> 

This makes sense.  I can wait until the 3.5.0 release.

-Tom

> cheers,
> --renato