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Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:19:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from f40-zbm-amd (unknown [10.22.80.92]) by mx-prod-int-02.mail-002.prod.us-west-2.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C72881956086; Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:19:07 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 11:19:02 -0700 From: Kevin Buettner To: Simon Marchi Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Sandra Loosemore , qiyao@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [RFA][PATCH] Remove gdb support for Nios II target Message-ID: <20241127111902.42fef641@f40-zbm-amd> In-Reply-To: <9666dcc3-cdad-4c1d-8c8a-8bb4cc6b1ec7@simark.ca> References: <9666dcc3-cdad-4c1d-8c8a-8bb4cc6b1ec7@simark.ca> Organization: Red Hat MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.0 on 10.30.177.15 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-MFC-PROC-ID: kua5Axy1w-WWNPajeTrFxvuj2_CMiVYnsxvb48pORuQ_1732731550 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: gdb-patches-bounces~public-inbox=simark.ca@sourceware.org On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:41:25 -0500 Simon Marchi wrote: > On 2024-11-25 16:12, Sandra Loosemore wrote: > > The attached patch removes gdb support for the Nios II target, which has been EOL'ed by the vendor. I've already pushed the patch to remove support from GCC: > > > > https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-cvs/2024-November/413482.html > > > > I've also got a separate binutils patch I'm about to post and I'd like to get them both in at the same time. > > > > Can someone approve this patch? I'm not actually the gdb maintainer for this target; Yao Qi is listed but hasn't been active in a while. > > > > -Sandra > > The patch LGTM, I just can't remember or find what's our policy for > this, how much time we want to keep support for a target after gcc has > dropped support for it. > > The last gcc release with support for it was gcc 14, released in May > 2024. gdb 15 was released in July 2024. So if we want to have at least > one gdb release after the last gcc supporting a given arch, we already > have it, meaning this patch could be merged right away (I would be fine > with that). > > Can someone else give a second opinion? I agree with you and the others who've commented - I'm fine with Sandra's patch being merged right away. Kevin