[Openmp-dev] Removing liboffload from repository

[Churbanov, Andrey via Openmp-dev]

Sure, I am OK with this cleanup.

Thanks,
Andrey

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From: Jonas Hahnfeld [mailto:hahnjo at hahnjo.de] 
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To: Peyton, Jonathan L <jonathan.l.peyton at intel.com>; Churbanov, Andrey <Andrey.Churbanov at intel.com>
Cc: Hal Finkel <hfinkel at anl.gov>; Narayanaswamy, Ravi <ravi.narayanaswamy at intel.com>; openmp-dev (openmp-dev at lists.llvm.org) <openmp-dev at lists.llvm.org>
Subject: Re: [Openmp-dev] Removing liboffload from repository

Andrey, are you ok as the code owner?

Jonas

On 2018-06-14 19:14, Peyton, Jonathan L wrote:
> I think you can go ahead and remove it.
> 
> -- Johnny
> 
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> Of Hal Finkel via Openmp-dev
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> To: Narayanaswamy, Ravi <ravi.narayanaswamy at intel.com>; Jonas Hahnfeld 
> <hahnjo at hahnjo.de>; openmp-dev (openmp-dev at lists.llvm.org) 
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> Subject: Re: [Openmp-dev] Removing liboffload from repository
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> 
> On 06/12/2018 11:34 AM, Narayanaswamy, Ravi via Openmp-dev wrote:
>> I agree.
> 
> +1
> 
>  -Hal
> 
>> In our last LLVM Multi-company offload meeting I asked if it can be 
>> removed and nobody had any objection.
>> Thanks
>> Ravi
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Openmp-dev [mailto:openmp-dev-bounces at lists.llvm.org] On Behalf 
>> Of Jonas Hahnfeld via Openmp-dev
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 9:30 AM
>> To: openmp-dev at lists.llvm.org
>> Subject: [Openmp-dev] Removing liboffload from repository
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I'd like to propose removing liboffload (the 'offload/' directory) 
>> from the openmp repository.
>> 1) This is an old dump from openmprtl.org which was never updated 
>> (The current version doesn't even build / work with newer software 
>> stacks!), even though Intel continued doing newer releases.
>> 2) The library was never integrated into LLVM's build system, you 
>> have to manually call 'make' with the right parameters.
>> 3) The library is meant for Intel's Xeon Phi Knights Corner 
>> coprocessor.
>> AFAIK there only were variants of Knights Landing that serve as host 
>> processor (coprocessor cards were announced but never released). As 
>> of last year, even its successor Knights Hill has been declared dead 
>> and the whole line is now discontinued.
>> 
>> With libomptarget getting more mature it's quite confusing for our 
>> users that there are two libraries apparently doing offloading.
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> Jonas
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