Subject: Re: Proposed targets to obsolete for gcc 3.5
To: None <port-pc532@netbsd.org>
From: Ben Elliston <bje@au.ibm.com>
List: port-pc532
Date: 06/23/2004 08:46:41
David Brownlee <abs@absd.org> writes:
> ns32k-*
> Nobody is manufacturing these old beasts. And again, the only
> maintainance done on this port is making sure that it still builds.
> There are no test results from the past year, the latest results posted
> are from December 2002[8]. In addition, this is another cc0 target,
> it is unknown if a free simulator exists, the port uses assembly
> prologues/epilogues, it does not use define_constants. In short, old
> stuff that few still use/test, if anyone at all.
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2004-06/msg01113.html
>
> Maybe someone should reply to Steven Bosscher indicating ns32k
> support is still alive in one area of the world?
Ian Dall <ian at beware.dropbear.id.au> is listed as the ns32k GCC
maintainer. I wonder if he has any comments on its current state of
maintenance?
Ben