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Re: Deprecating Itanium1 for GCC 4.4
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> wrote:
>> I can't find any test results in gcc-testresults reported with
>> -mtune=itanium1 [1].
>
> ...especially if theye do not even contribute test results or
> feedback when things are broken (as in this case). ?Deprecating
> Itanium 1 with GCC 4.4 sounds very reasonable.
Very well. Like so?
I'll propose something for gcc-4.4/changes.html too, after this is
approved in some form.
Ciao!
Steven
* config/ia64/ia64.c (ia64_handle_option): Inform user that Itanium1
support is deprecated if the -mtune value is set to an Itanium1
variant.
Index: config/ia64/ia64.c
===================================================================
--- config/ia64/ia64.c (revision 144970)
+++ config/ia64/ia64.c (working copy)
@@ -5212,6 +5212,8 @@ fix_range (const char *const_str)
static bool
ia64_handle_option (size_t code, const char *arg, int value)
{
+ static bool warned_merced_deprecated = false;
+
switch (code)
{
case OPT_mfixed_range_:
@@ -5245,6 +5247,13 @@ ia64_handle_option (size_t code, const char *arg,
if (!strcmp (arg, processor_alias_table[i].name))
{
ia64_tune = processor_alias_table[i].processor;
+ if (ia64_tune == PROCESSOR_ITANIUM
+ && ! warned_merced_deprecated)
+ {
+ inform ("value %<%s%> for -mtune= switch is deprecated", arg);
+ inform ("GCC 4.4 is the last release with Itanium1 support");
+ warned_merced_deprecated = true;
+ }
break;
}
if (i == pta_size)