On 11/12/18 11:04 AM, Aleksandar Markovic wrote: > Hello, Richard. > > I am a little taken aback by your tone. I hope we can communicate in much > friendlier maner, as we used to do.
I too was put off by your tone. Beginning with "there is no plan" and continuing with "there is no point" is a curt reply. It is off-putting to someone attempting to contribute, and I felt it was unwarranted. > I am not preventing anyone from experimenting. I just want to warn Philippe > about high-level view that the code in question, although not the nicest, > works, and is planned to be maintained with minimal changes. The focus of > MIPS target is on adding new architectures and ASEs, and (I correct myself) > it could be that decodetree would kick in in such cases - but not for mature > code driving older architectures. It just doesn't make enough sense. I think this is a mistake. The legacy code is quite tangled. It *should* have an overhaul. If someone is willing to do that work, fantastic. r~