Deprecate i386 for GCC 4.8?

[H.J. Lu]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Linux support for i386 has been removed. Should we do the same for GCC?
> The "oldest" ix86 variant that'd be supported would be i486.
>
> The benefit would be a few good cleanups:
>
> * PROCESSOR_I386 / TARGET_386 can be removed
>
> * X86_TUNE_DOUBLE_WITH_ADD can be removed (always true)
> * X86_ARCH_CMPXCHG/X86_ARCH_XADD/X86_ARCH_BSWAP can be removed.
>
> * The only ix86 variant without lock-free atomic int support goes
> away, which probably allows for a few more cleanups in some of the
> libraries (?).
>
> Not much, but something is more than nothing :-)
>

I am for it.



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H.J.