binutils-2.16 news

[Ralf Corsepius]

On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 12:50 +0930, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 12:16:11PM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 10:39 +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> > > >>+    h8300-*-coff
> > > >>+    h8300-*-rtems*
> > > > 
> > > > Does this mean you are going to remove the entire h8 series or why are
> > > > you planning to remove these 2 targets?
> > > 
> > > No, the h8300-elf port is still going to be valid.  It is just that at 
> > > the moment it looks like nobody wants to step up and champion the 
> > > h8300-coff and h8300-rtems ports...
> > OK, I understand, the reason is coff?
> 
> No, the reason is a non-BFD_ASSEMBLER gas port.  I want to rip out all
> the old non-BFD_ASSEMBLER gas code, so unless the tc files are converted
> over to BFD_ASSEMBLER they will no longer compile.
Now, you've lost me.

AFAIU, this would affect h8300-*-elf, too, i.e. you'd be removing the
h8300 port as a whole.

Ralf