Subject: Re: Getting off the ground : m88k -> dg88k, mvme88k, luna88k
To: Ken Seefried <ken@seefried.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-m88k
Date: 03/29/2003 08:57:34
On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 08:07  AM, Ken Seefried wrote:

> The GNU folks are looking to discontinue support for the m88k 
> toolchain in gcc 3.4 (see 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-announce/2003/msg00001.html), and I think 
> they are purging it out of the 3.3 source tree.  It's no longer listed 
> as a supported platform at http://gcc.gnu.org/install/specific.html.

I won't be deleted from 3.3, but it will likely be deleted from 
mainline (which will become 3.4).

Yes, if people want to see an m88k port happen, someone will have to 
step up and maintain the m88k back-ends in GCC and Binutils for the FSF.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>