2011/11/29 Georg-Johann Lay <a...@gjlay.de>: > Ian Lance Taylor wrote: >> Georg-Johann Lay <a...@gjlay.de> writes: >> >>> So if a frontend can define address spaces and it is a generic feature, the >>> question is how to get the name of an address space in a generic, language >>> independent way. >> >> We could decide that all frontends that use address spaces must define a >> printable name for each address space. That would mean changing the >> middle-end address space interface to give a name to each address space. >> The current middle-end address space interface does not require that >> address spaces have a name. I was not involved in the addition of >> address spaces to gcc, and I don't know why they followed the path they >> did. >> >> Ian > > Presumably they chose that approach to keep it simple or it is even a > performance issue to move the name around. > > I attached a patch but I fail to find the right configure options for > gcc/binutils as the testsuite complains > > ./avr/bin/ld: bad -plugin option > > Configured gcc with --enable-lto and binutils 2.21 with --enable-plugin. > > Maybe the patch can be pre-approved so that the others can proceed with their > work?
Better to complete this work. Denis.
