On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Vladimir Makarov <vmakarov@redhat.com> wrote:
I never tried alpha with LRA. So it is not assumed that LRA should work on
alpha. But I am sure LRA can work for alpha if some efforts will be spent.
Porting LRA to a new target always involves changes in .md and
machine-dependent files. This process was even not started.
Actually, Uros showed that Alpha will not require a lot of efforts as code
in most cases is already generated successfully. I don't remember any
target which I tried to port LRA in such a good shape at the beginning of
LRA port process.
Vladimir, thanks for encouraging words, it looks that all hope is not
lost yet. However, I would like to point out that I have tested only
ev68 architecture, and apparently all the interesting stuff is in the
way ev4 and ev5 are handled. I can certainly spend a reasonable time
to bring the port up to life, but for now, I propose to revert the
patch, until ev4 bootstrap is fixed.