Hi Richard, (back from a few days away)
> On Jul 17, 2017, at 12:01 , Eric Botcazou <ebotca...@adacore.com> wrote: > >> That's good news. Does that mean we'll be able to drop the old stuff >> though? I'd really like to make progress towards removing the old ABI >> support from GCC. > > Yes, I'd think so, but Olivier knows better. > >> Note that considering a port for deprecation is only the first step. It >> does not mean that it has been deprecated. Sometimes the only way to >> find out if a port really is wanted is to make such a threat... > > No disagreement. ;-) In this instance, no doubt we want to keep the port in. As I mentioned off-list, the port is still very active from our (AdaCore) perspective, I have just recently been enlisted as maintainer and plan to contribute significant updates. Part of that is support for VxWorks 7, which has switched to the new ABI. Regarding removal of old ABI support, which release were you targeting ? On the VxWorks front, where we adapt to what the system toolchains do, it will mean dropping support for VxWorks versions prior to 7, which is not so old - couple of years I think. Not the end of the world, but an extra release cycle can make a difference. Is VxWorks alone in this category ? Olivier
