[llvm-dev] RFC: Removal of Nios2 backend

[Craig Topper via llvm-dev]

Patches have been committed. r351230(clang) and r351231(llvm)

~Craig


On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 2:13 AM Hans Wennborg <hans at chromium.org> wrote:

> I don't really have a preference for doing it before or after the
> release branch. If the patches are ready, landing them sounds good to
> me.
>
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 3:04 AM Chandler Carruth <chandlerc at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > +Hans Wennborg +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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