2013/5/13 Steven Bosscher <stevenb....@gmail.com>: > On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 8:56 PM, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: >> On Fri, 10 May 2013, DJ Delorie wrote: >>> Index: MAINTAINERS >>> =================================================================== >>> +msp430 port DJ Delorie d...@redhat.com >>> +msp430 port Nick Clifton ni...@redhat.com >> >> I'll bring this up on the steering committee (not that I expect >> a lot of discussion :-). > > Actually I hope for some discussion: > > Should new ports be allowed in if they rely so heavily on reload? > > Ciao! > Steven
I have a new port 'nds32' target and I am going to contribute some patches on mailing list recently. We are glad that we eventually decided to enable LRA rather than relying on reload. To my experiences, it is much easier to design a new port with LRA enabled. We don't have to implement a tons of reload target hook and we can still have satisfied allocation result. For the future GCC development and target maintenance, IMHO it would be great to have 'less reload' requirement for new ports. Best regards, jasonwucj
