Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 12:12:44 -0700 From: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@felyko.com> To: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> Cc: amd64@FreeBSD.org, toolchain@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [CFT] gcc: support for barcelona Message-ID: <E9DC99EF-F2E9-4A5F-8370-36DA25DE2C89@felyko.com> In-Reply-To: <51A38CBD.6000702@FreeBSD.org> References: <51A38CBD.6000702@FreeBSD.org>
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On 27 May 2013, at 09:41, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hello; >=20 > Almost a year ago I tried to bring in the support for AMD's barcelona > chipset into our gcc. This actually filled a lot of holes in that were = left > when similar intel support was brought in. >=20 > Unfortunately I had to revert rapidly such support as it broke = building > some C++ ports even when it was not being used. >=20 > jkim@ did some cleanup of the support and the patch has been > gathering rust here: >=20 > http://people.freebsd.org/~jkim/reworked-r236962-3.diff >=20 > The patch still applies cleanly and there is a good chance it will = work > since there have been other fixes merged since the last time. >=20 > I did some basic testing and so far it works for me but I don't have > the specific chipset. Additional testing would be welcome. I have to question the general direction of this work. We switched to = Clang as the default compiler for i386/amd64 some months ago and now = you're working on improving our base GCC especially for amd64? I don't = really understand how useful this is. It doesn't strike me as a good = idea to see people working on things that will eventually be replaced / = removed. Regards, -- Rui Paulo
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