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From: nick clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
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To: Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com>, binutils@sourceware.org,        Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>,        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Subject: Re: [Suggestion] about h8/300 architecture in gcc and binutils
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Hi Chen,
> After google search and check the Linux kernel, H8/300 is dead, and for
> gcc-4.9.0 and binutils-2.23.2 still has h8300, do we still need it for
> another OS ?

Yes.

The H8/300 target is still be used by lots of different groups.  Just 
because the Linux kernel no longer supports it, that does not mean that 
the entire toolchain is redundant.

Cheers
   Nick