Keeping gcc ports live

[Cynthia Rempel]

Hi Richard Biener and Robert Dewar,

Thanks for the fast response, I really appreciate it!
I'll look into gcc-testresults for an i386, now that I know it's a requirement to keep a port live. 

I compile, and run, RTEMS for the pc386 RTEMS target regularly, so I know the 4.7 cross-compiler does that much, but I'll look into the gcc-testresults suite.

Below are some links that would be helpful for anyone is interested in helping out with a different architecture live on gcc as well.

gcc-testresults for RTEMS
http://www.rtems.org/wiki/index.php/ToolStatus#GCC_Test_Results

gcc-testresults for a cross-compiler
http://gcc.gnu.org/simtest-howto.html

Perhaps gcc-testing could be added to what an intern does to "get started" as part of Google Summer of Code for RTEMS?

What else would be required to keep a target gcc port live?

Thanks,
Cynthia Rempel
________________________________________
From: Richard Biener [richard.guenther at gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 1:09 PM
To: Robert Dewar
Cc: Cynthia Rempel; gcc at gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Please don't deprecate i386 for GCC 4.8

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Robert Dewar <dewar at adacore.com> wrote:
> On 12/14/2012 3:13 PM, Cynthia Rempel wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> RTEMS still supports the i386, and there are many i386 machines still
>> in use.  Deprecating the i386 will negatively impact RTEMS ability to
>> support the i386.  As Steven Bosscher said, the "benefits" are small,
>> and the impact would be serious for RTEMS i386 users.
>
> Since there is a significant maintenance burden for such continued
> support, I guess a question to ask is whether the RTEMS folks or
> someone using RTEMS are willing to step in and shoulder this burden.

Btw, while I see very sporadical testresults for arm-rtems and older results
for v850 and sparc and powerpc-rtems testresult posting on gcc-testresults
no such results exist for i386-rtems in 2012 which means it's current status
is in the dark.

If you want a port to be live show that it is live by posting regular
testresults
to gcc-testresults.

Thanks,
Richard.