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Re: mcore-*-* target to be deleted?
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Brian LaPonsey <brian dot laponsey at freescale dot com>
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:22:28 -0500
- Subject: Re: mcore-*-* target to be deleted?
- References: <1101996241.4678.13.camel@blapo.sps.mot.com>
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 02:04:01PM +0000, Brian LaPonsey wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I (belatedly) noticed an announcement on the GDB web page that the mcore
> target has been declared obsolete and is going to be deleted from gdb in
> the next release.
>
> I have made some inquiries about the impact this would have on our
> customers, and although the response wasn't huge, it was definitely not
> zero. There's a small but determined population of developers who
> continue to use gdb with mcore. It also has a small but growing market
> with small firms working through distributors, as well as a new design
> group in China that prefers to use non-Microsoft tools.
>
> I don't know if one vote matters, but I vote to save the mcore.
A vote doesn't make much difference - someone willing to maintain the
code, update it, and regularly test it, would make more of a difference.
The target has already been removed in HEAD, and we won't re-add it
unless a maintainer steps forward and submits an updated port.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz