Re: [RFA][PATCH] Remove gdb support for Nios II target

[Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>]

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?

Simon