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Date:      Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:22:59 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Cc:        FreeBSD ARM <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD-Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Dimitry Andric <dim@FreeBSD.org>, NGie Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, FreeBSD ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: RFT: Please help testing the llvm/clang 3.5.0 import
Message-ID:  <75214DC1-919B-4F96-8052-09AFE283453E@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <21650.55288.425711.209975@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
References:  <8598B1D4-5485-426F-B6D6-22BF26AC5FE1@FreeBSD.org> <CAGHfRMBPkQiTgW0Eahkoe1QwArBst-BZ-Lawor_CDda1x8K9xg@mail.gmail.com> <D9C5A8D1-2158-4B37-9C9C-067A4DDE6E44@FreeBSD.org> <21650.55288.425711.209975@jerusalem.litteratus.org>

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> On Dec 18, 2014, at 6:34 AM, owner-freebsd-arm@freebsd.org wrote:
>=20
>=20
> Dimitry Andric writes:
>=20
>>>   - Could a "MK_CLANG_ALL_TARGETS" or something similar option be
>>> added to src.opts.mk to fine tune this process for those of us who
>>> don't want to build a cross-compile toolchain every iteration for =
our
>>> target MACHINE/MACHINE_ARCH?
>>=20
>> I would be fine with something like this, as long as it is turned off =
by
>> default, or if it is only used for the bootstrap stages.  It is =
actually
>> an extremely useful feature of clang that you can target multiple
>> architectures with one compiler binary.
>=20
> 	Point of information: this seems useful for developers, and
> (almost entirely) useless for everyone else.  Are there other
> cohorts that want this badly?
> 	If that's correct, and there's a simple switch for
> configuration ... why should this default to what's useful for the
> (much?) smaller number of people?  About what am I ignorant?

Only people working on a single binary of clang to build all =
architectures
are interested, which is a vanishingly small number. There=E2=80=99s =
little point
to build this stuff even for hard-core developers.

Warner


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