Question: machine/powerpc/times.c

[Joel Sherrill]

On 5/23/2013 3:40 PM, Aldy Hernandez wrote:
> On 05/23/13 15:38, Joel Sherrill wrote:
>> On 5/23/2013 3:33 PM, Jeff Johnston wrote:
>>> On 05/23/2013 10:01 AM, Joel Sherrill wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> The file machine/powerpc/times.c does not appear to
>>>> be machine specific but more of a system dependent file.
>>>> We don't want to use it on RTEMS.
>>>>
>>>> Any idea why it is there? What uses it?
>>>>
>>>> Removing it is one option but if it is really used, then we would be
>>>> breaking something else.
>>>>
>>>> http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/newlib/libc/machine/powerpc/times.c?cvsroot=src
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I can't see any history except that Jeff added it, then renamed it. :)
>>>>
>>>> Should it be disabled for RTEMS, moved somewhere more appropriate,
>>>> or killed?
>>>>
>>> Aldy added the function before I renamed it.  I have cc'd him here.  I
>>> would imagine he did so to support running a gcc test-suite and so it
>>> should not be removed, but I'll let him pipe in.
>> If it is specifically to running gcc's test suite on a simulator, then
>> it would seem
>> to be part of a libgloss BSP.
> To be honest, I have no clue.
:) Time does cause memories to fade. :)

What target might this have been used on powerpc-elf? powerpc-eabi?
libgloss/rs6000 has sim-getrusage.S which this is built upon. Would it
make sense to move it there?

Confusingly, there is reent/timesr.c which calls _times().

All I know is that it is in an architecture specific directory and it is
an OS/libgloss BSP specific file. I just want to find it a new home.


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