Re: Target deprecation, round three

[Nick Burrett <nick.burrett@btinternet.com>]

Zack Weinberg wrote:

> The majority of the targets on my "round two" list
> (http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2002-12/msg00702.html) went over without
> comment.  With a couple of exceptions I've dropped the targets which
> someone spoke up in favor of; let's discuss the exceptions a bit more
> carefully.  (If your favorite target is still on the list, speak up!
> If you did already, it means I lost your mail; my apologies, and
> please remind me.)
> 
> I'm pushing back on the following:

> 	arm*-*-aof*
> 
>   This target is responsible for masses of #ifdefs all over the ARM
>   back end.  Is it *really* necessary to continue using this rather
>   quirky assembler?  Could you perhaps move to GAS and arm-elf
>   instead?

Unfortunately this is not possible, though I've considered switching to 
GAS and arm-elf in the past.  RISC OS does not support ELF binaries.

However the rest of the code and patches to support RISC OS are kept in 
my own private tree, so it is feasible for me to just move the AOF stuff 
into my own set of patches.

It would be handy if you could leave it in for 3.3, then dump it for 3.4 
and later releases if you like.

Cheers,


Nick.