[llvm-dev] RFC: Removal of Nios2 backend

[Chandler Carruth via llvm-dev]

+Hans Wennborg <hans at chromium.org> +tstellar at redhat.com
<tstellar at redhat.com> for release thoughts....

On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 6:03 PM Craig Topper <craig.topper at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
>> 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:
>>
>>> 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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