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Re: New back end ia16: 16-bit Intel x86
- From: rridge at csclub dot uwaterloo dot ca (Ross Ridge)
- To: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:01:01 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: New back end ia16: 16-bit Intel x86
Rask Ingemann Lambertsen writes:
> This is a patch set to add a new back end for 16-bit x86 CPUs.
Umm... is "ia16" the best name for this target? According to Intel,
processors like the 8086 and 80286 are part of the IA-32 architecture and
there is no IA-16. I think a more accurate name would be something like
"i386-16" since the new target is really just a 16-bit variation of what
GCC calls the i386 architecture.
Ross Ridge