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* RE: Unsupported targets slated for removal
@ 2005-03-22 17:41 Christian Groessler
  2005-03-23  9:28 ` Alan Modra
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Christian Groessler @ 2005-03-22 17:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: binutils; +Cc: chris


Alan Modra wrote:

> 
>     z8k-*-*           Christian, please update z8k to use bfd!
> 

Is there a guide how to do this somewhere, or should I simply start
defining BFD_ASSEMBLER and then fix what breaks...

regards,
chris

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* RE: Unsupported targets slated for removal
@ 2005-08-10 13:51 Christian Groessler
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Christian Groessler @ 2005-08-10 13:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: binutils

> On Wed, Aug 10, 2005, Alan Modra wrote:
>
> This zaps non-BFD_ASSEMBLER gas targets, with the exception
> of z8k which
> Christian is in the process of converting.  I'll commit tomorrow.

Umm, yes. I had it once already working but got distracted.
It needs some major cleanup and update to current HEAD, but I hope I can
finish it by next week.

regards,
chris


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* Unsupported targets slated for removal
@ 2005-03-21 15:35 Alan Modra
  2005-03-22  1:11 ` Matt Thomas
                   ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Alan Modra @ 2005-03-21 15:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: binutils

I propose that the following targets be marked as unsupported in the
binutils 2.16 release, and be removed from mainline.


All non-BFD_ASSEMBLER gas targets.  ie. the following, I think:

    a29k-*-*

    h8300-*-rtems*
    h8300-*-coff

    h8500-*-rtems*
    h8500-*-coff

    i960-*-bout
    i960-*-coff
    i960-*-rtems*
    i960-*-nindy*
    i960-*-vxworks5.0
    i960-*-vxworks5.*
    i960-*-vxworks*

    m68k-*-vxworks*
    m68k-ericsson-ose
    m68k-*-sunos*
    m68k-motorola-sysv*
    m68k-bull-sysv3*
    m68k-apollo-*
    m68k-*-sysv*
    m68k-*-coff
    m68k-*-rtemscoff*
    m68k-*-hpux*
    m68k-*-linux*aout*
    m68k-apple-aux*

    m88k-*-*

    or32-*-coff

    sh-*-coff*
    sh-*-rtemscoff*

    tic80-*-*

    vax-*-netbsd*
    vax-*-bsd*
    vax-*-ultrix*

    w65-*-*

    xscale-*-coff

    z8k-*-*		Christian, please update z8k to use bfd!


Dead and/or maintainerless targets.

    d10v-*-*
    d30v-*-*
    dlx-*-*
    i370-*-*
    i960-*-*
    m88k-*-*
    mn10200-*-*
    msp430-*-*
    openrisc-*-*
    or32-*-*
    pj*-*-*
    *-*-linux*aout*
    *-*-linux*oldld


I'd like to add more targets to this list.  Suggestions welcome.  :)

Remember, if your favourite target happens to appear on this list, it's
not cause for heartburn.  It's a call for action of the coding variety
as distinct from the political variety.  ie. Step up and offer to
maintain the code rather than lobby to try to keep targets out of this
list.  If you're a user of one of these targets, but don't feel capable
of maintaining a target, then you are very likely better off using an
older release of binutils.  You might think that a newer binutils
release has more features and bug fixes than an older binutils.  That
should be true for the well maintained targets, but targets that don't
have a maintainer are likely to have _more_ bugs than an older release.
Fixing bugs in one target can introduce a regression in another target.

Some of the targets I put in the dead/maintainerless list are fairly
new.  I put them on the list simply because the original contributor
didn't put their name in binutils/MAINTAINERS.  Please fix..

-- 
Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre

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