[llvm-dev] RFC: Removal of Nios2 backend

[Finkel, Hal J. via llvm-dev]

On 1/14/19 7:35 PM, Chandler Carruth via llvm-dev wrote:
FWIW, I support this especially as it doesn't build.


+1


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?


I think that we should remove non-building code before the branch.

 -Hal


On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 5:25 PM Craig Topper via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org<mailto: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<mailto: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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