llvm dev - Jan 2014 - [LLVMdev] [cfe-dev] AArch64 Clang CLI interface proposal

Parsing the arch string is a bit icky, but I don't really have too much of
a problem with it - and it's better than -mcpu so...

-eric

On Tue Jan 07 2014 at 9:23:43 AM, Renato Golin <renato.golin at
linaro.org>
wrote:
> On 7 January 2014 17:05, Amara Emerson <amara.emerson at arm.com>
wrote:
>
> We plan on implementing this interface for AArch64 Clang in future, and
> completely dropping the current support for -mfpu. This means that -march
> will become the preferred way to specify the target CPU/architecture.
>
>
> Hi Amara,
>
> This is something we were converging on the ARM32 world, too, and I
> believe other targets would probably do the same, if not before us.
> Hopefully, that'd also help clean up the driver's code in the
process.
>
> cheers,
> --renato
>
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I think there's an error in the example here.
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.8.2/gcc/AArch64-Options.html still
documents -mcpu, and that march does not take CPUs as arguments. A local GCC
developer tells me that the documentation is wrong in that -mcpu is actually
a shorthand for specifying both -mtune and -march, but that the option is
certainly there.

 

If we want GCC comptability then that's what we have to do, unless someone
knows that GCC ARM/AArch64 is actually going to move away from this.

 

Do we want GCC compatibility?

 

Regards,

 

Bernie

 

 

From: cfe-dev-bounces at cs.uiuc.edu [mailto:cfe-dev-bounces at cs.uiuc.edu] On
Behalf Of Eric Christopher
Sent: 07 January 2014 21:37
To: Renato Golin; Amara Emerson; Clang Dev; LLVM Dev
Subject: Re: [cfe-dev] [LLVMdev] AArch64 Clang CLI interface proposal

 

Parsing the arch string is a bit icky, but I don't really have too much of a
problem with it - and it's better than -mcpu so...

 

-eric

 

On Tue Jan 07 2014 at 9:23:43 AM, Renato Golin <renato.golin at
linaro.org>
wrote:

On 7 January 2014 17:05, Amara Emerson <amara.emerson at arm.com> wrote:

We plan on implementing this interface for AArch64 Clang in future, and
completely dropping the current support for -mfpu. This means that -march
will become the preferred way to specify the target CPU/architecture.

 

Hi Amara,

 

This is something we were converging on the ARM32 world, too, and I believe
other targets would probably do the same, if not before us. Hopefully,
that'd also help clean up the driver's code in the process.

 

cheers,

--renato
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I knew I'd regret leaving that option in for the MIPS port back in 99.
Basically this is the only acceptable way for mcpu to exist, but should
never have been added to the GCC aarch64 port at all since there's no
compatibility with existing build systems to worry about.

I would still like you to show this mythical piece of software that needs
this compatibility.

-eric
On Jan 8, 2014 3:06 AM, "Bernie Ogden" <bogden at arm.com>
wrote:
> I think there's an error in the example here.
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.8.2/gcc/AArch64-Options.html still
> documents -mcpu, and that march does not take CPUs as arguments. A local
> GCC developer tells me that the documentation is wrong in that -mcpu is
> actually a shorthand for specifying both -mtune and -march, but that the
> option is certainly there.
>
>
>
> If we want GCC comptability then that's what we have to do, unless
someone
> knows that GCC ARM/AArch64 is actually going to move away from this.
>
>
>
> Do we want GCC compatibility?
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Bernie
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* cfe-dev-bounces at cs.uiuc.edu [mailto:cfe-dev-bounces at
cs.uiuc.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Eric Christopher
> *Sent:* 07 January 2014 21:37
> *To:* Renato Golin; Amara Emerson; Clang Dev; LLVM Dev
> *Subject:* Re: [cfe-dev] [LLVMdev] AArch64 Clang CLI interface proposal
>
>
>
> Parsing the arch string is a bit icky, but I don't really have too much
of
> a problem with it - and it's better than -mcpu so...
>
>
>
> -eric
>
>
>
> On Tue Jan 07 2014 at 9:23:43 AM, Renato Golin <renato.golin at
linaro.org>
> wrote:
>
> On 7 January 2014 17:05, Amara Emerson <amara.emerson at arm.com>
wrote:
>
> We plan on implementing this interface for AArch64 Clang in future, and
> completely dropping the current support for -mfpu. This means that -march
> will become the preferred way to specify the target CPU/architecture.
>
>
>
> Hi Amara,
>
>
>
> This is something we were converging on the ARM32 world, too, and I
> believe other targets would probably do the same, if not before us.
> Hopefully, that'd also help clean up the driver's code in the
process.
>
>
>
> cheers,
>
> --renato
>
>
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