[llvm-dev] [RFC] Backend for Motorola 6800 series CPU (M68k)

Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Sun Oct 11 14:13:55 PDT 2020


On Sat, Oct 10, 2020 at 11:04:21PM +0100, antlists via llvm-dev wrote:
> On 01/10/2020 10:38, Simon Pilgrim via llvm-dev wrote:
> > Its awesome to see so much progress on this!
> > 
> > A very minor question - why is it called M680x0 and not M68K given
> > that's what the target arch/triple is and how its usually referred to?
> > 
> > Sorry for the bikeshedding....
> > 
> Because it came in multiple versions? M68K expands to M68000, which was the
> original chip. I think the most popular version was the M68040, so M680x0 is
> unambiguously the family of chips - M68K can mean either the original, or
> the family. I've always known the family as M680x0.

Noone uses M68k to mean the original nowadays. Very few people care
about the original at all nowadays. So yes, please just use M68k.

Joerg


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