The nvptx port [11/11] More tools.

[Jeff Law]

On 10/22/14 15:11, Bernd Schmidt wrote:
> On 10/22/2014 10:31 PM, Jeff Law wrote:
>>> These tools currently require GNU extensions - something I probably
>>> ought to fix if we decide to add them to the gcc build itself.
>> Would these be more appropriate in binutils?
>
> I don't think so, given that we don't need any piece of regular
> binutils. There's no meaningful way to build libbfd. It would be strange
> to build binutils and have everything that's normally part of it
> disabled at configure time.
Fair enough, but I'm having trouble seeing these in GCC.  Makes me 
wonder if they ought to be a package unto themselves, nvptxtools or 
somesuch.

Note that as a separate package, you don't have to remove the GNU 
extensions :-)

jeff