* Re: binutils-2.16 news
@ 2005-04-20 7:42 Jan Beulich
2005-04-20 9:38 ` Nick Clifton
0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Jan Beulich @ 2005-04-20 7:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: binutils
As far as I remember either you or Nick or Ian provided me with a list of targets one would ideally test against when making changes of global effect. Quite a number of these are listed here. I thus wonder whether there isn't (and if not, couldn't be) a place where a list of "primary" targets is maintained (which should clearly be free of targets already deprecated), so one could derive automated building/testing of those targets (or a subset, say all ELF ones) from it.
Jan
>>> Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au> 20.04.05 09:14:53 >>>
* NEWS: Mention unsupported targets and new readelf option.
Index: binutils/NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/binutils/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.48
diff -u -p -r1.48 NEWS
--- binutils/NEWS 19 Jan 2005 23:43:00 -0000 1.48
+++ binutils/NEWS 20 Apr 2005 07:11:22 -0000
@@ -1,5 +1,59 @@
-*- text -*-
+* Binutils-2.16 will be the last release for a number of targets due to
+ lack of maintenance (of course, if maintainers step up, then this list
+ will change!). The targets are:
+
+ a29k-*-*
+ d10v-*-*
+ d30v-*-*
+ dlx-*-*
+ h8300-*-coff
+ h8300-*-rtems*
+ h8500-*-coff
+ h8500-*-rtems*
+ i370-*-*
+ i960-*-*
+ i960-*-bout
+ i960-*-coff
+ i960-*-nindy*
+ i960-*-rtems*
+ i960-*-vxworks*
+ i960-*-vxworks5.*
+ i960-*-vxworks5.0
+ m68k-*-coff
+ m68k-*-hpux*
+ m68k-*-linux*aout*
+ m68k-*-rtemscoff*
+ m68k-*-sunos*
+ m68k-*-sysv*
+ m68k-*-vxworks*
+ m68k-apollo-*
+ m68k-apple-aux*
+ m68k-bull-sysv3*
+ m68k-ericsson-ose
+ m68k-motorola-sysv*
+ m88k-*-* (*)
+ mn10200-*-*
+ openrisc-*-*
+ or32-*-*
+ or32-*-coff
+ pj*-*-*
+ sh-*-coff*
+ sh-*-rtemscoff*
+ tic80-*-*
+ vax-*-bsd* (*)
+ vax-*-netbsd* excluding vax-*-netbsdelf (*)
+ vax-*-ultrix* (*)
+ w65-*-*
+ xscale-*-coff
+ *-*-linux*aout*
+ *-*-linux*oldld
+
+ (*) bfd and opcodes support will be kept.
+
+* Add "-g/--section-groups" to readelf to display section groups.
+
* objcopy recognizes two new options --strip-unneeded-symbol and
--strip-unneeded-symbols, namely for use together with the wildcard
matching the original --strip-symbol/--strip-symbols provided, but
--
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre
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* Re: binutils-2.16 news
2005-04-20 7:42 binutils-2.16 news Jan Beulich
@ 2005-04-20 9:38 ` Nick Clifton
0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Nick Clifton @ 2005-04-20 9:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jan Beulich; +Cc: binutils
Hi Jan,
> As far as I remember either you or Nick or Ian provided me with a list of
> targets one would ideally test against when making changes of global
effect.
> Quite a number of these are listed here.
Note - those lists of targets were intended to cover the vast majority
of targets supported by binutils, even those without maintainers. The
intention was to make sure that global changes did not break anything,
even unmaintained ports.
> I thus wonder whether there isn't (and if not, couldn't be) a place where
> a list of "primary" targets is maintained (which should clearly be free
> of targets already deprecated),
This could be deduced from the list of maintainers in the
binutils/MAINTAINERS file.
Cheers
Nick
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* Re: binutils-2.16 news
2005-04-20 10:15 ` Ralf Corsepius
2005-04-20 14:15 ` Nick Clifton
2005-04-21 3:20 ` Alan Modra
@ 2005-04-22 11:36 ` Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
2 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com> @ 2005-04-22 11:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ralf Corsepius; +Cc: Nick Clifton, Binutils List
Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 10:39 +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
>
>>Hi Ralf,
>>
>>
>>>>+* Binutils-2.16 will be the last release for a number of targets due to
>>>>+ lack of maintenance (of course, if maintainers step up, then this list
>>>>+ will change!). The targets are:
>>>
>>>
>>>>+ h8300-*-coff
>>>>+ h8300-*-rtems*
>>>
>>>Does this mean you are going to remove the entire h8 series or why are
>>>you planning to remove these 2 targets?
>>
>>No, the h8300-elf port is still going to be valid. It is just that at
>>the moment it looks like nobody wants to step up and champion the
>>h8300-coff and h8300-rtems ports...
>
> OK, I understand, the reason is coff?
>
> I'll have to check if rtems can change to elf.
Ralf.. There is no reason I know that the h8300 can't be elf.
> Thanks,
> Ralf
>
>
--joel
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* Re: binutils-2.16 news
2005-04-21 3:49 ` Ralf Corsepius
@ 2005-04-21 4:19 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
0 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Daniel Jacobowitz @ 2005-04-21 4:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ralf Corsepius; +Cc: Alan Modra, Nick Clifton, Binutils List, Joel Sherrill
On Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 05:49:26AM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 12:50 +0930, Alan Modra wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 12:16:11PM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 10:39 +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> > > > >>+ h8300-*-coff
> > > > >>+ h8300-*-rtems*
> > > > >
> > > > > Does this mean you are going to remove the entire h8 series or why are
> > > > > you planning to remove these 2 targets?
> > > >
> > > > No, the h8300-elf port is still going to be valid. It is just that at
> > > > the moment it looks like nobody wants to step up and champion the
> > > > h8300-coff and h8300-rtems ports...
> > > OK, I understand, the reason is coff?
> >
> > No, the reason is a non-BFD_ASSEMBLER gas port. I want to rip out all
> > the old non-BFD_ASSEMBLER gas code, so unless the tc files are converted
> > over to BFD_ASSEMBLER they will no longer compile.
> Now, you've lost me.
>
> AFAIU, this would affect h8300-*-elf, too, i.e. you'd be removing the
> h8300 port as a whole.
case ${fmt} in
elf | ecoff | multi | som)
bfd_gas=yes
;;
esac
No, all ELF targets are BFD_ASSEMBLER.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC
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* Re: binutils-2.16 news
2005-04-21 3:20 ` Alan Modra
@ 2005-04-21 3:49 ` Ralf Corsepius
2005-04-21 4:19 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Ralf Corsepius @ 2005-04-21 3:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alan Modra; +Cc: Nick Clifton, Binutils List, Joel Sherrill
On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 12:50 +0930, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 12:16:11PM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 10:39 +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> > > >>+ h8300-*-coff
> > > >>+ h8300-*-rtems*
> > > >
> > > > Does this mean you are going to remove the entire h8 series or why are
> > > > you planning to remove these 2 targets?
> > >
> > > No, the h8300-elf port is still going to be valid. It is just that at
> > > the moment it looks like nobody wants to step up and champion the
> > > h8300-coff and h8300-rtems ports...
> > OK, I understand, the reason is coff?
>
> No, the reason is a non-BFD_ASSEMBLER gas port. I want to rip out all
> the old non-BFD_ASSEMBLER gas code, so unless the tc files are converted
> over to BFD_ASSEMBLER they will no longer compile.
Now, you've lost me.
AFAIU, this would affect h8300-*-elf, too, i.e. you'd be removing the
h8300 port as a whole.
Ralf
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* Re: binutils-2.16 news
2005-04-20 10:15 ` Ralf Corsepius
2005-04-20 14:15 ` Nick Clifton
@ 2005-04-21 3:20 ` Alan Modra
2005-04-21 3:49 ` Ralf Corsepius
2005-04-22 11:36 ` Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
2 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Alan Modra @ 2005-04-21 3:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ralf Corsepius; +Cc: Nick Clifton, Binutils List, Joel Sherrill
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 12:16:11PM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 10:39 +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> > >>+ h8300-*-coff
> > >>+ h8300-*-rtems*
> > >
> > > Does this mean you are going to remove the entire h8 series or why are
> > > you planning to remove these 2 targets?
> >
> > No, the h8300-elf port is still going to be valid. It is just that at
> > the moment it looks like nobody wants to step up and champion the
> > h8300-coff and h8300-rtems ports...
> OK, I understand, the reason is coff?
No, the reason is a non-BFD_ASSEMBLER gas port. I want to rip out all
the old non-BFD_ASSEMBLER gas code, so unless the tc files are converted
over to BFD_ASSEMBLER they will no longer compile.
--
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre
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* Re: binutils-2.16 news
2005-04-20 10:15 ` Ralf Corsepius
@ 2005-04-20 14:15 ` Nick Clifton
2005-04-21 3:20 ` Alan Modra
2005-04-22 11:36 ` Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
2 siblings, 0 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Nick Clifton @ 2005-04-20 14:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ralf Corsepius; +Cc: Binutils List, Joel Sherrill
Hi Ralf,
>>No, the h8300-elf port is still going to be valid. It is just that at
>>the moment it looks like nobody wants to step up and champion the
>>h8300-coff and h8300-rtems ports...
>
> OK, I understand, the reason is coff?
>
> I'll have to check if rtems can change to elf.
Or just shout loudly enough. The other reason for publishing that list
of proposed ports to deprecate was to find out if anybody cared. If you
care about the h8300-rtems port and if you believe that it has a future,
then we will remove it from the depcreated list. (Even better would be
if you volunteered to maintain it).
Cheers
Nick
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* Re: binutils-2.16 news
2005-04-20 9:40 ` Nick Clifton
@ 2005-04-20 10:15 ` Ralf Corsepius
2005-04-20 14:15 ` Nick Clifton
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 11+ messages in thread
From: Ralf Corsepius @ 2005-04-20 10:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nick Clifton; +Cc: Binutils List, Joel Sherrill
On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 10:39 +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> Hi Ralf,
>
> >>+* Binutils-2.16 will be the last release for a number of targets due to
> >>+ lack of maintenance (of course, if maintainers step up, then this list
> >>+ will change!). The targets are:
> >
> >
> >>+ h8300-*-coff
> >>+ h8300-*-rtems*
> >
> > Does this mean you are going to remove the entire h8 series or why are
> > you planning to remove these 2 targets?
>
> No, the h8300-elf port is still going to be valid. It is just that at
> the moment it looks like nobody wants to step up and champion the
> h8300-coff and h8300-rtems ports...
OK, I understand, the reason is coff?
I'll have to check if rtems can change to elf.
Thanks,
Ralf
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* Re: binutils-2.16 news
2005-04-20 8:45 ` Ralf Corsepius
@ 2005-04-20 9:40 ` Nick Clifton
2005-04-20 10:15 ` Ralf Corsepius
0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Nick Clifton @ 2005-04-20 9:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ralf Corsepius; +Cc: Binutils List
Hi Ralf,
>>+* Binutils-2.16 will be the last release for a number of targets due to
>>+ lack of maintenance (of course, if maintainers step up, then this list
>>+ will change!). The targets are:
>
>
>>+ h8300-*-coff
>>+ h8300-*-rtems*
>
> Does this mean you are going to remove the entire h8 series or why are
> you planning to remove these 2 targets?
No, the h8300-elf port is still going to be valid. It is just that at
the moment it looks like nobody wants to step up and champion the
h8300-coff and h8300-rtems ports...
Cheers
Nick
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* Re: binutils-2.16 news
2005-04-20 7:15 Alan Modra
@ 2005-04-20 8:45 ` Ralf Corsepius
2005-04-20 9:40 ` Nick Clifton
0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Ralf Corsepius @ 2005-04-20 8:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Binutils List
On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 16:44 +0930, Alan Modra wrote:
> * NEWS: Mention unsupported targets and new readelf option.
> +* Binutils-2.16 will be the last release for a number of targets due to
> + lack of maintenance (of course, if maintainers step up, then this list
> + will change!). The targets are:
> + h8300-*-coff
> + h8300-*-rtems*
Does this mean you are going to remove the entire h8 series or why are
you planning to remove these 2 targets?
Ralf
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* binutils-2.16 news
@ 2005-04-20 7:15 Alan Modra
2005-04-20 8:45 ` Ralf Corsepius
0 siblings, 1 reply; 11+ messages in thread
From: Alan Modra @ 2005-04-20 7:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: binutils
* NEWS: Mention unsupported targets and new readelf option.
Index: binutils/NEWS
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/binutils/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.48
diff -u -p -r1.48 NEWS
--- binutils/NEWS 19 Jan 2005 23:43:00 -0000 1.48
+++ binutils/NEWS 20 Apr 2005 07:11:22 -0000
@@ -1,5 +1,59 @@
-*- text -*-
+* Binutils-2.16 will be the last release for a number of targets due to
+ lack of maintenance (of course, if maintainers step up, then this list
+ will change!). The targets are:
+
+ a29k-*-*
+ d10v-*-*
+ d30v-*-*
+ dlx-*-*
+ h8300-*-coff
+ h8300-*-rtems*
+ h8500-*-coff
+ h8500-*-rtems*
+ i370-*-*
+ i960-*-*
+ i960-*-bout
+ i960-*-coff
+ i960-*-nindy*
+ i960-*-rtems*
+ i960-*-vxworks*
+ i960-*-vxworks5.*
+ i960-*-vxworks5.0
+ m68k-*-coff
+ m68k-*-hpux*
+ m68k-*-linux*aout*
+ m68k-*-rtemscoff*
+ m68k-*-sunos*
+ m68k-*-sysv*
+ m68k-*-vxworks*
+ m68k-apollo-*
+ m68k-apple-aux*
+ m68k-bull-sysv3*
+ m68k-ericsson-ose
+ m68k-motorola-sysv*
+ m88k-*-* (*)
+ mn10200-*-*
+ openrisc-*-*
+ or32-*-*
+ or32-*-coff
+ pj*-*-*
+ sh-*-coff*
+ sh-*-rtemscoff*
+ tic80-*-*
+ vax-*-bsd* (*)
+ vax-*-netbsd* excluding vax-*-netbsdelf (*)
+ vax-*-ultrix* (*)
+ w65-*-*
+ xscale-*-coff
+ *-*-linux*aout*
+ *-*-linux*oldld
+
+ (*) bfd and opcodes support will be kept.
+
+* Add "-g/--section-groups" to readelf to display section groups.
+
* objcopy recognizes two new options --strip-unneeded-symbol and
--strip-unneeded-symbols, namely for use together with the wildcard
matching the original --strip-symbol/--strip-symbols provided, but
--
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre
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