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Re: [PATCH] Clean-up backend ASM_FINAL_SPEC usage
> From: Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com>
>
> Roger Sayle <roger@eyesopen.com> writes:
>
> > I'm investigating PR target/6077, which shows that the only
> > non-empty definitions of ASM_FINAL_SPEC are currently broken. One
> > possible fix may be to change the semantics of ASM_FINAL_SPEC or
> > even remove it completely, which is why cleaning up this area is an
> > excellent first step.
>
> mips-tfile is used only for ECOFF alpha and mips, and only when GAS is
> not used.
Which mips is it used on? I think for mips-irix6 at least, it's not
built/used at all even with the native assembler.
> One obvious tactic would be to require GAS for such
> targets, thus eliminating the need for mips-tfile entirely. I'm not
> sure what the situation is on alpha, but Richard Sandiford believes
> that support for -mmips-as on MIPS ECOFF is currently broken in
> other ways.
> zw
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