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Re: Status of new ia32 backend?


> Yes, I read this page, but from September 2 new ia32 backend lays in
> separate CVS branch, and I see no activity there. Does it means this
> branch has been put on hold until some date or event?

Hmm. On gcc/config/i386.c, I have the following tags:

new_ia32_branch: 1.81.0.2
new_ia32_merge_990730: 1.81
new_ia32_merge_990825: 1.82
new_ia32_merge_990828: 1.83
new_ia32_merge_990830: 1.83
new_ia32_merge_990831: 1.84
new_ia32_final_merge: 1.84

The comment on 1.85 is

date: 1999/09/02 04:20:20;  author: rth;  state: Exp;  lines: +3489 -3509
        Merge new ia32 backend from the branch!

The branch 1.81 itself ranges from 1.81.2.1 (1999/06/21) to 1.81.2.17
(1999/08/29), after which it it was merged. Of course there were no
changes to the branch after September 2, because that was the date of
the merge - the branch is dead now.

> There are no words on how well the backend has been tested, and there is
> no call to public to test it extensively.

The public is testing it right now, in the mainline.

>  - wait until some date?
   - start right now using it, in the mainline.

Hope this helps,
Martin


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